{"product_id":"treating-alcoholism-9780471658061","title":"Treating Alcoholism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHelp your clients find the path to overcoming their addiction\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Alcoholics are one of the most difficult client groups to treat effectively. To preserve their way of life, they may lie about their problem or deny that one exists; that is the nature of this profoundly powerful disease. Yet if you can guide each of your clients through their own resistance towards the truth, not only will you be rewarded with starting them on the road to recovery, you will no doubt have saved their life as well. Achieving such a victory goes to the heart of being an addiction counselor; it is the experience of healing on a direct and tangible level.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Treating Alcoholism provides a complete road map for assessing, diagnosing, and treating this multifaceted and tenacious illness. Detailed clinical information on the disease accompanies ready-to-use tools for practice. With a special emphasis on the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous, the author walks you through the first five steps of\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Recognizing Alcohol Problems.  \u003cp\u003e2. Critical Concepts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Treatment Planning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Tools of Recovery.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The Steps.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Dual Diagnosis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Adolescent Treatment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Terminating Treatment and Preventing Relapse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. The Recovery Community.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Into the Future.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: CAGE Questionnaire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (SMAST).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: Alcohol Involvement Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 4: Clinical Institute Withdrawal Assessment of Alcohol Scale (CIWA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 5: \u003ci\u003eDSM-IV\u003c\/i\u003e®\u003ci\u003e-TR\u003c\/i\u003e Psychoactive Substance Use Disorder.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 6: Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 7: The Biopsychosocial Interview.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 8: Helping Patients with Alcohol Problems: A Health Practitioner’s Guide—National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 9: Barriers in Thinking: Blueprint for Change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 10: National Council on Problem Gambling: 10 Questions about Gambling Behavior.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 11: Hamilton Anxiety Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 12: The Behavioral Contract.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 13: The Sexual Addiction Screening Test (SAST).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 14: Yale-Brown Obsessive Compulsive Scale (Y-BOCS).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 15: Fetal Alcohol Behavior Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 16: Liebowitz Social Anxiety Scale.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 17: Personal Recovery Plan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuthor Index.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubject Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402649739607,"sku":"9780471658061","price":41.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780471658061.jpg?v=1730481112","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/treating-alcoholism-9780471658061","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}