Addiction & Treatment Books

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1. Racial Disparity in Mental Health Services: Why Race Still Matters

   Edited by Larry E. Davis

   Differences unfortunately still remain in the way many races are provided health and mental health services. This book comprehensively examines this tough issue across a wide spectrum of areas, including racial identity, intergroup relations, education, socioeconomic conditions, substance abuse,...

   March 2011 | 978-0-7890-3821-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Women, Children, and Addiction

   Edited by Loretta Finnegan, Stephen Kandall

   This proposed book draws on the expertise of 35 experts in the field of Addiction Medicine to provide the reader with a current and comprehensive view of addiction as related to women, pregnancy, newborns, infants and children. The volume begins by placing current attitudes towards addicted women...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-60103-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

3. Recovery from Addiction in Communal Living Settings: The Oxford House Model

   Edited by Leonard Jason, Joseph R Ferrari

   Research on treatment outcome for addictive disorders indicates that a variety of interventions are effective. However, the progress clients make in treatment frequently is undermined by the lack of an alcohol and drug free living environment supporting sustained recovery. This book suggests...

   February 2011 | 978-0-415-61010-0 | Hardback (Routledge)

4. Approaches to Substance Abuse and Addiction in Education Communities: A Guide to Practices that Support Recovery in Adolescents and Young Adults

   Edited by Jeffrey Roth, Andrew Finch

   This book is designed to increase the awareness among mental health professionals and educators about the potential sources of support for students struggling with substance abuse, addiction and compulsive behaviors. The book includes a description of the scope of the problem of substance abuse in...

   January 2010 | 978-0-7890-3697-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Responding to Drug Misuse: Research and Policy Priorities in Health and Social Care

   Edited by Susanne MacGregor

   Responding to Drug Misuse provides a unique insight into the current shape of the drugs treatment system in England. Reporting findings from research linked to the government's ten year drugs strategy Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain, the book places these in the context of policy,...

   September 2009 | 978-0-415-47470-2 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Rescued Lives: The Oxford House Approach to Substance Abuse

   By Leonard A. Jason, Bradley D. Olson, Karen J. Foli

   An effective treatment to help those with addictions Victims of drug addiction, chronic illness, and mental illness all too often are overwhelmed with the affliction called hopelessness. Oxford Houses succeed because their substance abuse treatment approach instills the most powerful medicine—hope...

   2008 | 978-0-7890-3631-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition

   By Philip J. Flores

   Be more effective in group therapy with addicted clients Group Psychotherapy with Addicted Populations: An Integration of Twelve-Step and Psychodynamic Theory, Third Edition is the newly revised edition of the classic text, that provides you with proven strategies for defeating alcohol and drug...

   2007 | 978-0-7890-3530-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous: From the Beginning

   By Audrey Borden

   The History of Gay People in Alcoholics Anonymous documents and honors the ways thousands of LGBT people have carried Alcoholics Anonymous' message. This illuminating chronicle includes interviews and documents that detail the compelling history, recovery, and wisdom of gay people in AA....

   2007 | 978-0-7890-3039-9 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Rising from the Dead: Stories of Women's Spiritual Journeys to Sobriety

   By Patricia Nanoff

   Bridging the gap between spirituality and the recovering community, Rising from the Dead: Stories of Women’s Spiritual Journeys to Sobriety tells the stories of alcoholic women in long-term sobriety whose faith-based rehabilitation healed and transformed their lives. Using the format adopted by...

   2007 | 978-0-7890-3174-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Federal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs: Money Down a Rat Hole

    By Bruce Carruth, Thomas C Rowe

    We’re losing the “war on drugs”—but the fight isn’t over yetFederal Narcotics Laws and the War on Drugs examines our current anti-drug programs and policies, explains why they have failed, and presents a plan to fix them. Author Thomas C. Rowe, who has been educating...

    2006 | 978-0-7890-2808-2 | Paperback (Routledge)