Introduction to Addictive Behaviors - Couverture rigide

Thombs, Dennis L.; Osborn, Cynthia J.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 146253922X ISBN 13 : 9781462539222

Editeur : Guilford Press, 2019

Synopsis

Now revised and updated, this widely used text comprehensively reviews theories of addiction to give students and professionals a multidisciplinary foundation for clinical practice. It explores the causes and mechanisms of substance and behavioral addictions, as well as implications for helping people recover. Providing a science-based perspective, the text emphasizes the importance of using treatment and prevention strategies that are grounded in evidence. Thoroughly updated chapters address disease models; public health approaches; understanding and treating comorbidity; psychoanalytic, behavioral, cognitive, and family systems models; sociocultural approaches; behavioral addiction; and motivational models. Student-friendly features include end-of-chapter summaries and review questions.

New to This Edition

• Updated throughout with current research and clinical advances.
• Discussions of cutting-edge topics: genetics of addiction, addiction stigma, and the opioid epidemic.
• New and revised clinical vignettes and review questions.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dennis L. Thombs, PhD, FAAHB, is Professor and Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth. The focus of his scholarship is addictive behavior, with special interests in the epistemology of addiction, and in alcohol and drug use during the period of emerging adulthood. In recent years, his research has focused on analyzing drinking practices and their consequences in natural settings. Dr. Thombs is Managing Coeditor of the American Journal of Health Behavior. He is past President and Fellow of the American Academy of Health Behavior.

Cynthia J. Osborn, PhD, LPCC-S, LICDC, is Professor of Counselor Education and Supervision at Kent State University. Her clinical background is in treatment of adults with co-occurring disorders (substance use disorders and mental illness). Her teaching, supervision, and scholarship focus on addictions counseling, particularly evidence-based practices such as motivational interviewing. She is a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers and has extensive experience in the clinical supervision of counselors-in-training and professional counselors.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Guilford Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 146253922X
• ISBN 13: 9781462539222
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 5
• Nombre de pages: 442
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible