Substance Abuse and the Family - Assessment and Treatment

List of contents

About the Contributors
Preface
Part I: Assessment
1. Conceptualizing Addictions
2. The Neurobiology of Addiction
3. The Genetics of Addiction
4. The Addicted Family
5. Family Diversity and Substance Abuse
6. Roles in the Addicted Family
7. Family Life Cycle
8. Issues in Substance-Abusing Families
9. Behavioral Addictions
Part II: Treatment
10. Working with Partial Systems
11. Ethics in Substance Abuse and the Family
12. Family Therapy Overview I
13. Family Therapy Overview II
14. Family Therapy Application
15. Family Recovery
16. The Self of the Family Therapist
References
Index

About the author

Michael D. Reiter, PhD, is Professor of Family Therapy in the Department of Family Therapy of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. Michael is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has authored eight previous textbooks, 18 peer-reviewed journal articles, and has presented at national and international conferences on various aspects of family therapy.

Summary

In this updated edition of Substance Abuse and the Family, Michael Reiter examines addiction through a family systems lens which considers a range of interconnected contexts, such as biology and genetics, family relationships, and larger systems.

Product details

• Authors: Michael D. Reiter, Michael D. (Nova Southeastern University Reiter, Reiter Michael D.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.06.2019
• EAN: 9781138625877
• ISBN: 978-1-138-62587-7
• No. of pages: 428
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Security, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Couples & Family, Addiction & therapy, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Family psychology, Social Work, Addiction and therapy, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects