Synopses & Reviews
This thoroughly revised and updated edition reflects the current explosion of information regarding the understanding, identification, and treatment of addictive disorders. Doweiko offers detailed coverage of the most commonly abused chemicals and their effects, covering a single facet of a drug or alcohol problem in each focused chapter. This text is the most thorough and comprehensive text on the market providing readers with information on substances as well as clinical guidelines and strategies for working with clients. Doweiko covers topics frequently left out of other books, such as aerosols, steroids, and over-the-counter analgesics. In addition, you'll find in-depth coverage of such topics as the differences between abusers and addicts; drug effects on children, teenagers, and pregnant and nursing women; and children of alcoholics.
Review
"This is an excellent graduate level test, the first that I've seen that provides an academic discussion of the biopsychoscocial aspects of substance abuse, at both individual and societal levels. The author is courageous enough to critically discuss many of the "sacred cows" of traditional substance abuse treatment literature, including Abstinence only programs, 12 Step programs (including the offshoots of CODA and ACOA), and the Minnesota treatment model. These discussions are even handed, drawing from research studies to support or question the "common knowledge" of addiction science; from diagnosis through treatment and long term recovery."
Review
"This textbook provides the best overall introduction to substance abuse counseling. It can be used for beginning and advanced counselors."
Synopsis
Doweiko's comprehensive text reflects the current explosion of information regarding the understanding, identification, and treatment of addictive disorders. In addition to his thorough examination of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, barbiturates, amphetamines, cocaine, opiates, and hallucinogens, and his solid strategies for working with clients, Doweiko discusses topics frequently left out of other books--such as aerosols, steroids, and over-the-counter analgesics. Additionally, the text investigates such salient topics as the differences between abusers and addicts; drug effects on children, teenagers, and pregnant and nursing women; and children of alcoholics--ensuring that students gain a professional's understanding of one of the most pressing issues of our time.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 465-518) and index.
About the Author
Dr. Howard E. Doweiko has been employed by the Department of Behavioral Health Gundersen-Lutheran Medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, for the past 14 years, working with the addictions treatment team, as well as more traditional psychotherapy populations. He teaches professional seminars at Gundersen-Lutheran and occasionally at other facilities. Dr. Doweiko is an adjunct professor at Viterbo University in La Crosse, and has served as an adjunct faculty member at various colleges in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Table of Contents
Why worry about recreational chemical use in the United States? -- What do we mean when we say substance abuse and addiction? -- The medical model of chemical addiction -- Are people predestined to become addicted to chemicals? -- Addiction as a disease of the human spirit -- An introduction to pharmacology -- An introduction to alcohol -- Chronic alcohol abuse and addiction -- Abuse of and addiction to barbiturates and barbiturate-like drugs -- Abuse of addiction to benzodiazepines and similar agents -- Abuse and addiction to amphetamines and CNS stimulants -- Cocaine -- Marijuana abuse and addiction -- Opiate abuse and addiction -- Hallucinogen abuse and addiction -- Abuse and addiction to the inhalants and aerosols -- The unrecognized problem of steroid abuse and addiction -- The over-the-counter analgesics: unexpected agents of abuse -- Tobacco products and nicotine addiction -- Chemicals and the neonate: the consequences of drug abuse during pregnancy -- The hidden faces of chemical dependency -- The dual-diagnosis client: chemical addiction and mental illness -- Chemical abuse by children and adoloscents -- Codependency and enabling -- Addiction and the family -- The evaluation of substance abuse problems -- The process of intervention -- The treatment of chemical dependency -- Treatment formats for chemical dependency rehabilitation -- The process of recovery -- Problems that can arise in treating chemical dependency -- Pharmacological intervention tactics and substance abuse -- Substance abuse/addiction and infectious disease -- Self-help groups -- Crime and drug use -- Appendix 1. Sample assessment: alcohol abuse situation -- Appendix 2. Sample assessment: chemical dependency situation -- Appendix 3. The "Jellinek" chart for alcoholism -- Appendix 4. Drug classification schedules.