Treatment Strategies for Substance and Process Addictions
Robert L. Smith
Amer Counseling Assn
"This unique and timely text examines the most prevalent substance and<br>process addictions and focuses on current research and evidence-based<br>treatment strategies. Dr. Smith and his contributing authors, all with<br>substantial clinical experience in working with addictions, highlight the<br>models and methods used to treat addictions. Major substance addictions<br>examined include alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, methamphetamines, and<br>prescription drugs. Complete chapters are also devoted to the most<br>frequently cited process addictions, making this text unique. Behavioral<br>addictions covered in this text include pathological gambling, sex disorders,<br>disordered eating, work, exercise, shopping, and Internet/gaming.<br>With its emphasis on treatment strategies, this book can be used by<br>practitioners, as well as by professors in the classroom in introductory<br>courses in addictions or in subsequent courses that focus on treatment<br>strategies.<br><br>Features<br> Each chapter contains student learning outcomes, a case study<br>with reflective questions, techniques for assessment and diagnosis,<br>inpatient and outpatient treatment approaches, and resources for<br>further study<br> Coverage of cooccurring disorders, neuroscience research findings,<br>and addictions treatment programs"