Thankfully she eventually did choose treatment, has been clean for many years and their relationship has been wonderfully restored.Presenting the most well-informed integrative perspective on addiction and recovery currently in publication, ...
An essential reference for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, trainees, and specialist nurses, as well as primary care physicians/GPs with a special interest in mental health conditions and other healthcare professionals.
But just as there are successful dieters, there are successful ex-addicts. In fact, addiction is the psychiatric disorder with the highest rate of recovery. But what ends an addiction?
Written and edited by experts in the field, this collection from Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine explores the biological basis of addiction to alcohol, nicotine, and other psychoactive drugs.
Un jour, le dilemme se pose de façon irrémédiable : soit elle sauve sa peau et quitte à jamais Stewart, soit elle prend le risque insensé de se perdre à nouveau en voulant le sauver ... « Blake Nelson nous livre un récit juste, vrai ...
But just as there are successful dieters, there are successful ex-addicts. In fact, addiction is the psychiatric disorder with the highest rate of recovery. But what ends an addiction?
Much of the work focuses on substance abuse—alcohol, tobacco, opiates, cocaine—but the book also examines behaviors that have only recently been recognized as potentially addictive, including gambling, sexual activity, Internet usage, ...
This book brings together, for perhaps the first time, a standard for the measurement of Powerlessness via the development of a "Powerlessness Syndrome.
... power and powerlessness in addiction. This excellent and much needed account is essential to fully understand the development and maintenance of addiction within the wider societal context. In this work Orford draws attention to how ...
- Current book and periodical bibliographies- Lists of organizations to contact- Critical thinking activities and discussion questions- Illustrations, inserts, and cartoons- Titles continually revised and updated- Biographical sketch of authors-...
This companion book to the HBO documentary of the same name sheds light on the hidden American epidemic of addiction.
Addiction: A Mother's Story follows the 23 year heroin and cocaine addiction of her deeply loved son through the eyes of his mother.
The book provides a basic overview of the addiction process with special emphasis on what the experience is like for individuals suffering from addiction.