Addictive Behaviors Across the Life Span - Prevention, Treatment and Policy Issues

Klappentext This volume argues that addictive problems among different age groups require different interventions and theoretical conceptualizations. Contributors focus on etiology and course, prevention and early intervention, integrated treatment and policy issues. Topics explored include treating substance abuse problems in offenders, early detection of alcohol and drug problems, the codependency movement, recovery patterns and issues related specifically to women. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: ETIOLOGY AND COURSE Children of Alcoholics and the Intergenerational Transmission of Alcoholism - Ken J Sher A Biopsychosocial Perspective A Lifespan Perspective on Natural Recovery (Self-Change) from Alcohol Problems - Linda C Sobell et al PART TWO: MODELS OF PREVENTION AND EARLY INTERVENTION Comparative Effects of Community-Based Drug Abuse Prevention - Mary Ann Pentz Early Identification of Addictive Behaviors Using a Computerized Lifestyle Assessment - Harvey A Skinner Etiology and Secondary Prevention of Alcohol Problems with Young Adults - John S Baer Treatment for Problem Drinkers - Mark B Sobell and Linda C Sobell A Public Health Priority PART THREE: INTEGRATED TREATMENT OF ADDICTIVE PROBLEMS Recovery Patterns in Adolescent Substance Abuse - Sandra A Brown The Offender Substance Abuse Pre-release Program - Lynn O Lightfoot An Empirically Based Model of Treatment for Offenders Adult Marijuana Dependence - Robert S Stephens and Roger A Roffman A Comprehensive and Integrated System for Treating Alcohol and Drug Problems in Alberta - Leonard Blumenthal and J Robert Hunter PART FOUR: POLICY ISSUES Harm Reduction - G Alan Marlatt and Susan F Tapert Reducing the Risks of Addictive Behaviors Women¿s Issues in Alcohol Use and Cigarette Smoking - R Lorraine Collins The Codependency Movement - Judith R Gordon and Kimberly Barrett Issues of Context and Differentiation ...

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• Authors: John S. Baer, John S. Marlatt Baer
• Assisted by: John S Baer (Editor), John S. Baer (Editor), G . Alan Marlatt (Editor), G Alan Marlatt (Editor), G. Alan Marlatt (Editor), Robert J McMahon (Editor), Robert J. Mcmahon (Editor), McMahon Robert J. (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.04.1993
• EAN: 9780803950795
• ISBN: 978-0-8039-5079-5
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Behavioural theory (Behaviourism), Behaviourism, Behavioural theory, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Behaviorism, Substance Abuse Counseling