Human Services Technology - Addiction and Recovery Services

A one-stop reference for evidence-based information on neurobiology, assessment, treatment, and research trends in SUDs, the book is an indispensable resource for trainees and veteran clinicians alike.

This is the story of America's personal and institutional responses to alcoholism and other addictions. It includes information on mutual aid societies, addiction treatment institutions, and evolving treatment inventions that range from water cures and mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies and methadone maintenance. (Source: Back cover)

In this widely popular guide, future and practicing clinicians and counselors get a sound base of knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) and practical help for working with clients who are misusing or abusing these drugs. (Source: Amazon)

This unique and timely title offers a comprehensive assessment of the previously underappreciated risks and potentially overstated benefits of chronic opioid therapy. It does so by approaching the rampant problem of opioid abuse and addiction - currently labeled an epidemic in the United States -- from a public health/epidemiologic perspective.

This book presents and discusses research in the study of substance abuse, including drug abuse and education; binge drinking; the treatment of heroin and cocaine abuse; women and addictions; anabolic steroid abuse and alcoholism and pregnancy. (Source: Amazon.com)

In this book, you will find focused, expert information on every aspect of the field, including etiological factors; substances of abuse; compulsive and addictive behaviors; evaluation and diagnostic classification; treatment modalities, management of associated medical conditions; substance abuse in youth and the elderly; women's issue; special groups and settings; models of prevention; training and education; and policy issues. (Source: Amazon.com)

This book provides basic consumer health information about the abuse of illegal drugs and misuse of prescription and over-the-counter medications, along with facts about causes and consequences of drug abuse, prevention, treatment, and recovery. Includes index, glossary of related terms and directory of resource. (Source: Amazon.com)

Written from a systems and public health perspective, Opioids and Population Health: A Primer begins with an overview of how drug use and addiction have been perceived and how prevention, intervention, and treatment services have been delivered in the U.S. (Source: Publisher)

This book explores the molecular, cellular, and neurocircuitry systems in the brain that are responsible for drug addiction. Common neurobiological elements are emphasized that provide novel insights into how the brain mediates the acute rewarding effects of drugs of abuse and how it changes during the transition from initial drug use to compulsive drug use and addiction. (Source: Amazon.com)