Addiction and Substance Abuse
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During abuse and addiction are powerful forces. With the wrath and fury of hurricanes, the impact they have on families is no less destructive than the impart they have on the drug user. Entire families can be destroyed in the aftermath of addiction.
This book addresses specific problems in drug testing, drug-related medical emergencies, and the physical, neurochemical, and sociological phenomenon of addiction. It also provides information on all aspects of substance abuse, covering research and epidemiology, as well as basic strategies for identification, assessment, and management of problems. A focus on the effects of substance abuse on all ages offers a broad perspective of this topic.
The content includes:
• Basic Principles of Drug Use
• Substance Misuse: Theories and Models
• Working Effectively with Substance Misusers
• Behavioural Approaches to Substance
• Misuse Treatment
• Family Interventions in Substance Misuse
• Medical Approaches and Prescribing Drugs
• Home Detoxification for Substance Abuse
• Diagnosis and Complementary Medicine for Substance Misuse
• Dual Diagnoses and Recover Services for Addicted People
• Understanding the Substance Abuse and Addiction Process
• Development of Skills-Training Intervention for Addicted People
• Treatment Process for Addicted People
• Counseling Strategies in Treatments for Cigarette Smoking
• Health Promotion and Substance Misuse
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| Author | B. K. Joshi |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7132-530-6 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | viii+304 |
| Publication Year | 2008 |
| Publisher | Pointer Publishers, Jaipur |