Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective, 4th Edition

ADDICTION TREATMENT covers the biological, psychological, and social aspects of alcoholism, eating disorders, compulsive gambling, and other addictions. The authors bridge the gap between the popular twelve-step and harm-reduction approaches, thus illuminating how you, as a future practitioner, can guide your clients down a trusted path that is tailored towards the client's particular needs. Through a number of first-person narratives about the experience of addiction, you will discover a realism and depth not commonly found in textbooks. Interesting and relevant topics -- such as the case against so-called underage drinking laws and an inside story of working in a casino -- draw you into the material and illustrate the importance of reducing harm within the biopsychological framework that ties the text together.

Dr. Katherine Van Wormer, MSSW, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita of Social Work. She has taught in departments of sociology, social work and criminal justice and has over 20 years of experience in teaching and public service. Dr. Van Wormer was actively involved in the historic civil rights movements in North Carolina and Northern Ireland. She practiced substance misuse counseling for four and a half years, including two in Norway. Dr. Van Wormer has been publishing texts, book chapters and articles for over twenty years. In addition to ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, she has recently co-authored WOMEN AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, and earlier, THE MAID NARRATIVES and numerous other books, including one on the nature of oppression and one as a co-editor on restorative justice. She has received several honors, including the McKay Faculty Research Award from the University of Northern Iowa and a distinguished service award from the human rights commission in Iowa. Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Work and Human Services at Eastern Washington University. She has taught a variety of substance misuse and practice courses in the MSW program and has researched and written extensively on addiction and the recovery process. In addition to ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, she has published TAKING BACK YOUR LIFE: WOMEN AND PROBLEM GAMBLING.

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