Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g
Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 278 g
Reihe: Wiley Treating Addictions Series
ISBN: 978-0-471-49432-4
Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
Part of the Wiley Series on Treating Addictions, Treating Alcohol Problems offers the latest evidence-based guidance on effectively diagnosing and treating the full spectrum of problems related to drinking. Whether you are an addictions counselor, mental health professional, or physician, you can use this all-in-one guide as a stepping-stone to seek out and develop better treatment options for your clients.
Bringing treatment approaches into harmony with scientific findings, Treating Alcohol Problems summarizes methods proven to be successful. Written in a clear and accessible style, the text focuses on presenting the information most directly useful for helping clients. This handy guide is ideal for training and continuing education, as a refresher for seasoned professionals, and as a useful primer for all who come into contact with individuals suffering from alcohol abuse.
Coverage includes:
* Conceptual foundations--defining alcohol problems
* Identifying alcohol problems
* Assessment and treatment planning
* Treatment tools, programs, and theories
* When and how clients should be discharged to aftercare
* Increasing recovery success
* Culture, coaching, and change--moving beyond alcohol problems
* Finding and getting the best out of professional resources
Supporting this expert coverage, the reader-friendly series format features quizzes, checklists, diagrams, "Research Frontier" boxes, problem-solving scenarios, "Dos and Don'ts" lists, "Test Yourself" questions, suggested resources, and more. These tools help you reinforce your understanding and integrate this knowledge into your practice. In addition, a thorough bibliography and appendix provide lists of contacts for self-help groups, residential and outpatient treatment programs, support groups, Web sites, and reading material.
Treating Alcohol Problems is an essential resource for mental health professionals, as well as an indispensable study guide for students in psychology and social services courses.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Verkehrspsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Geschichte der Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Berufe, Ausbildung
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Beratungspsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie Kulturpsychologie, Ethnopsychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Angewandte Psychologie
- Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologie: Allgemeines
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface.
Chapter One. Conceptual Foundations: Defining Alcohol Problems.
Chapter Two. Identifying Alcohol Problems: "I Know When I See It! Or Do I?"
Chapter Three. Finding and Getting the Best Out of Professional Resources.
Chapter Four. Assessment and Treatment Planning.
Chapter Five. Teatment Tols, Programs, and Theories: Helping Clients Overcome Problem Drinking.
Chapter Six. When and How Should Clients Be Discharged to Aftercare?
Chapter Seven. How to Increase Recovery Success, Minimize "Slips," and Avoid Chronic Relapse.
Chapter Eight. Culture, Coaching, and Change: Moving Beyond Alcohol Problems.