Drugs in Perspective

7 Rev ed
ISBN: 978-0-07-126762-5
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

Buch, Englisch, 432 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 600 g

This text is designed for the drug and substance abuse counseling course that prepares future health professionals to work with patients, clients, and families of abusers. It provides perspective on the aspects and problems associated with addiction and discusses the fundamentals of the dynamics of chemical dependency. The new edition improves topic flow for easier understanding and brings the research base into the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fields, Richard

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Section I: Understanding Substance Abuse1 Putting Drugs in Perspective2 Why Do People Abuse Drugs?3 Drug-Specific Information4 Definitions of Substance Abuse, Dependence, and AddictionSection II: Family5 Substance Abuse and Family Systems6 Parenting7 Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family SystemSection III: Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment8 Prevention of Substance-Abuse Problems9 Change, Motivation & Intervention for Substance-Abuse Problems10 Disorders Co-Occurring with Substance Abuse11 Alcohol/Drug Treatment and Relapse PreventionAppendix A: Trends in Annual Prevalence of Use of Various Drugs for Eight, Tenth, and Twelfth GradersAppendix B: Alcohol/Drug Screening InventoriesAppendix C: Medication ExamplesAppendix D: At-Risk Factors For Substance Abuse

Über Autor(innen)

Fields, Richard
Richard Fields, Ph.D., is owner/director of FACES, Conference and Home Study Programs for Mental Health Clinicians. Dr. Fields brings an expertise to FACES based on over 30 years of work in the alcohol/drug field. He still actively counsels individuals and family members with alcohol/drug problems, training thousands of professionals each year at FACES Conferences (www.facesconferences.com). Formerly the assistant director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Western Regional Training Center, he has conducted training throughout the Western United States. As a consultant, Dr. Fields has worked to develop a number of University and College programs, creating educational classes, workshops and conferences (UCLA Extension, Dept. of Allied Health and Medicine, University of Washington, School of Social Work Extension, Seattle University, Edmonds Community College, University of California, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Cruz and others). Dr. Fields is the author of Drugs in Perspective, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2007. This college textbook is standard in most alcohol/drug studies programs.