Description
Book SynopsisDual Disorders: Essentials for Assessment and Treatment is a practical handbook for the assessment and clinical management of patients with addiction and psychiatric disorders. Addictions counselors, prevention specialists, and chemical dependency nurses will use this book to understand the nature of psychiatric disorders and uncover valuable guidelines on their treatment and management in the context of primary addictions treatment. It includes an introduction to the rationale and clinical approaches of cognitive therapy; a special section on psychiatric medications; and coverage of mood, anxiety, psychotic, cognitive, eating, and personality disorders.Dual Disorders: Essentials for Assessment and Treatment contains information that is vital and fundamental to effective treatment. It fills a void in the training and education of addictions counselors, helping you become a better diagnostician, develop better treatment plans, and communicate more meaningfully with psychiatrists and
Table of Contents
Contents
Preface
- Chapter 1. Overview
- Chapter 2. Assessment
- Chapter 3. Mood Disorders
- Chapter 4. Anxiety Disorders
- Chapter 5. Schizophrenia
- Chapter 6. Cognitive Disorders
- Chapter 7. Eating Disorders
- Chapter 8. Antisocial Personality Disorder (Psychopathy)
- Chapter 9. Borderline Personality Disorder
- Chapter 10. Other Personality Disorders
- Chapter 11. Sexual Abuse
- Appendix A. Cognitive Therapy Approaches
- Appendix B. Medications Used to Treat Dual Disorders
- Appendix C. Selected Sample Treatment Plan Activities
- Reference Notes Included
