Written for the drug and substance abuse counseling course, this text prepares future health professionals to work with patients, clients, and families of abusers. It provides perspective on the issues associated with addiction and covers the fundamentals of the dynamics of chemical dependency. Accompanied by free access to PowerWeb, this edition improves topic flow and brings the research base into the 21st century.
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Presents a list of pertinent websites with each chapter to help guide readers to excellent resources on the Internet.
Provides the latest information to help readers assimilate various theories about the etiology of alcohol/drug use and abuse. New material includes information on tension reduction, personality, social learning, and developmental theory, cognitive theory, and learning theory.
Reorganizes Part 2: Family to include more information on the family, and alcohol/drug use, codependency, and triangulation.
Uses a new title in Chapter 10: Co-Occurring Disorders with Substance Abuse/Dependence, which better reflects the coverage of the most recent developments and language used in this ever-changing field.
Incorporates new effective pedagogical aids such as chapter objectives, chapter summaries, and new contemporary case studies which provides students the opportunity to apply material covered in each chapter.
Includes a helpful online Instructor's Manual, Test Bank, and book-specific PowerPoint presentation available via the Health Education Supersite.
Presents user-friendly, readable format which makes content accessible for all students to enhance greater understanding of the content.
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- PublisherMcGraw-Hill Higher Education
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0072878541
- ISBN 13 9780072878547
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number5
- Number of pages384
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