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Treatment Strategies for Substance and Process Addictions

by Robert L. Smith
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9781556203534
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: American Counseling Association
  • Publisher Imprint: American Counseling Association
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  • Pages: 344
  • Original Price: GBP 34.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 613 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Substance Abuse & Addictions / General

This distinctive and timely text examines the most prevalent substance and process addictions and focuses on current research and evidence-based treatment strategies. Major substance addictions discussed include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamines, and prescription drugs. Complete chapters are also devoted to the most frequently cited process addictions, making this text unique. Behavioral addictions covered in this text include pathological gambling, sex disorders, disordered eating, work, exercise, shopping, and Internet/gaming.

Each chapter contains a listing of student learning outcomes, a case study with reflective questions, techniques for assessment and diagnosis, inpatient and outpatient treatment approaches, and resources for further study. With its emphasis on treatment strategies, this text can be used by practitioners as well as by professors in the classroom in introductory courses in addictions or in subsequent courses that focus on treatment strategies.

Smith, Robert L.: - Robert L. Smith, PhD, NCC, FPPR, author and editor, is the department chair and professor in the Counseling and Educational Psychology Department at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He is the 63rd president of the American Counseling Association-2014-2015. He serves as the executive director and cofounder of the International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors. He is also a founder of the National Credentialing Academy for Family Therapists. He completed his PhD at the University of Michigan. As a nationally certified counselor and licensed psychologist, he has worked as a private practitioner, in addition to serving as the Department Chair in three university settings. He has worked with a variety of addiction cases in private practice, consulted with the U.S. Navy in the area of substance abuse, and has several books and close to 100 professional articles. He is the coeditor of the text Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice, which is in its 6th edition. He is a counseling fellow of the American Counseling Association and a Diplomat-Fellow in Psychopharmacology with the International College of Prescribing Psychologists and consultant with the Substance Abuse Program in the U.S. Navy. Dr. Smith as an international lecturer is currently involved in the development and implementation of graduate programs in counseling and psychology in Latin America.

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