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Illegal Leisure Revisited
Changing Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults
- By Judith Aldridge, Fiona Measham and Lisa Williams.
Published February 2011
This book updates the progress into adulthood of the cohort of fourteen-year-olds who were recruited and tracked until they were eighteen years old. Illegal Leisure (1998) described their adolescent journeys and lifestyles, focusing on their early regular drinking and extensive ‘recreational’ drug…
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Women, Girls, and Addiction
Celebrating the Feminine in Counseling Treatment and Recovery
- By Cynthia A. Briggs, and Jennifer L. Pepperell.
Published June 2009
Women, Girls, and Addiction is the first book on the efficacy of treatment approaches and interventions that are tailored to working with addicted women, and the first publication of any kind to provide a feminist approach to understanding the experience of addiction from the female perspective.&…
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Swimming with Crocodiles
The Culture of Extreme Drinking
- Edited by Marjana Martinic, and Fiona Measham.
Published June 2008
There is evidence that a distinct pattern of alcohol consumption is emerging across the world and is a cause for concern because of its relationship with a range of health and social problems. Its visibility, particularly its high involvement of young people, makes this not only an issue for public…
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The Education-Drug Use Connection
How Successes and Failures in School Relate to Adolescent Smoking, Drinking, Drug Use, and Delinquency
- By Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan and Emily E. Messersmith.
Published August 2007
Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences,…
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Evidence-Based Treatments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse
A Practitioner's Guide to Theory, Methods, and Practice
- By Paul M. G. Emmelkamp, and Ellen Vedel.
Published October 2006
Evidence-Based Treatments for Alcohol and Drug Abuse encompasses the developments in the field over the last decade, blending theory, techniques and clinical flexibility.
Research in the past decade has shown that substance abuse and substance dependence are treatable. The field has witnessed the…
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The Self Psychology of Addiction and its Treatment
Narcissus in Wonderland
- By Richard B. Ulman, and Harry Paul.
Published June 2006
In the time of Freud, the typical psychoanalytic patient was afflicted with neurotic disorders; however, the modern-day psychotherapy patient often suffers instead from a variety of addictive disorders. As the treatment of neurotic disorders based on unconscious conflicts cannot be applied to…
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Alcohol
The Need and Potential for Partnership
- Edited by Marcus Grant, and Joyce O'Connor.
Published May 2005
Increased scrutiny on the part of the general public, media, and government has warranted a reexamination of corporate responsibilities, standards of accountability, the company's role in its local and extended community, and its ethical position in our society and culture.
Corporate Social…
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Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment in the United States
Exemplary Models from a National Evaluation Study
- By Bernard Segal, Andrew R. Morral and Sally J Stevens.
Published November 2002
You don’t have to reinvent the wheel--select and implement an effective substance abuse program from this essential book!This essential book is the first ever published on exemplary models of adolescent drug treatment. It delivers detailed descriptions of exemplary drug treatment models and gives…
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Etiology of Substance Use Disorder in Children and Adolescents
Emerging Findings from the Center for Education and Drug Abuse Research
- By Ralph Tarter, and Michael Van Yukov.
Published April 2002
Explore the current literature on the origins of SUD!With a multidisciplinary perspective, this unique book presents new data and integrates the current empirical literature on the causes and origins of substance use disorder (SUD)--genetic, endocrine, neurological, behavioral, family, and…
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Solutions for the Treatment-Resistant Addicted Client
Therapeutic Techniques for Engaging Challenging Clients
- By Nicholas A. Roes.
Published December 2001
Help addicts to better their lives, even though they oppose treatment!This useful volume, the result of more than ten years of work in researching and refining the techniques most likely to lead to positive client outcomes, offers field-tested methods for dealing with the most challenging addicted…
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