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Addiction Treatment
3rd Edition
Katherine van Wormer, University of
Northern Iowa
Diane Rae Davis, Eastern Washington
University
704 pages | 1 color | ©2013
Paperback ISBN-13: 9780840029164
Table of Contents
Introduction.
1. The Nature of Addiction.
2. Historical Perspectives.
Part 2: BIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
3. Misuse/Dependence, and the Body.
4. Gender and Sexual Orientation Differences.
5. Gambling, Eating Disorders, Shopping, and
Other Behavioral Addictions.
Part 3: PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE:
ASSESSMENT AND INTERVENTION.
6. Addiction Across the Life Span.
7. Assessments: Strengths-and Solutions-
Based.
8. Strengths- and Evidence Based
Interventions.
9. Addiction With a Co-Occurring Mental
Disorder or Disability.
Part 4: SOCIAL ASPECTS OF ADDICTION.
10. Family Risks and Resiliencies.
11. Mutual Help Groups: A Strengths
Perspective.
12. Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Issues.
13. Addiction and Public Policy.
Epilogue: Providing Options.
Appendix.
Addiction Treatment covers the biological, psychological, and social
aspects of alcoholism, eating disorders, compulsive gambling, and
other addictions. As symbolized by the image on the book’s cover,
the authors bridge the gap between the popular twelve-step and
harm-reduction approaches, thus illuminating how practitioners can
guide clients down a trusted path that is tailored towards the client’s
particular needs.
Through a number of first-person narratives about the experience of
addiction, students will discover a realism and depth not commonly
found in textbooks. In addition, the authors include student-friendly
topics, such as the case against so-called underage drinking laws,
to draw students into the material and illustrate the importance of
reducing harm within the biopsychological framework that ties the
text together.
New to this Edition
• Chapter 1 offers a new diagram highlighting attributes of the strengths
perspective. It also discusses the proposed changes in the DSM V and
offers an updated and expanded section on treatment trends.
• In Chapter 2, the section on the historical perspective has been updated
with new material on Native Americans, Asian Americans, and Latinos as
well as Europeans. The authors discuss cocaine control efforts along
with alcohol control efforts, and they offer new material on the history of
gambling treatment.
• Chapter 3, which addresses biology, has been updated with a section on
pharmaceutical interventions and holistic approaches (which previously
appeared in Chapter 5).
• Chapters 4 and 5 now include material on gender issues and behavioral
addictions under the biological portion of the text. Case studies have
been provided.
• Chapter 6 offers new material on addiction across the life span. Case
studies and an emphasis on gambling problems among the elderly have
also been added.
• New Chapter 7, on assessments, discusses the diverse types of
assessment tools available for use.
• Chapter 8 on strengths-based interventions has been heavily revised
and now focuses on practice interventions, including guidelines for group
treatment. Case studies have been provided to illustrate each treatment
modality described.
• Additional material has been added to Chapter 9, with an emphasis on
the treatment of veterans returning from the wars in the Middle East.
• Chapter 13 on public policy has been revised to relate to the strengths
perspective and discuss policies related to medical marijuana, the
criminal justice system, and health care reform.
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