Published October, 2010
By Bankole A. Johnson and Bankole Johnson
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Rating: 1.00
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Addiction Medicine presents a conceptual framework for understanding addiction and discusses state-of-the-art treatments techniques. Topics include diagnosis and clarification, as well as neurobiological and molecular theories, behavioral concepts and clinical aspects of addiction.

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Published October, 2010
By Thomas F. Babor and Frances K. Del Boca
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions
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This book was the first comprehensive report of Project MATCH, the largest treatment study ever conducted with alcoholics. It describes the rationale, methods, results and implications of the study, and presents new findings about how treatment works and for whom it is most effective.

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Published September, 2010
By Mark S. Gold, Norman S. Miller and NS Miller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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Drug and alcohol addictions occur commonly in medical populations; 25-50% of patients seen by primary care physicians have alcohol and drug disorders, with even higher prevalence in certain medical specialty populations.

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Published July, 2010
By Marcantonio Spada
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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This book serves as a concise and practical guide for practitioners using Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) with clients who use alcohol in a harmful way. The author uses functional analysis and case formulation paradigms to examine the cause and maintenance of problem drinking.

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Published July, 2010
By William R. Miller, Kathleen M. Carroll, Warren K. Bickel, Robert G. Carlson and Anna Rose Childress
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Guilford Publications)
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While knowledge on substance abuse and addictions is expanding, clinical practice lags behind. This book describes what treatment and prevention would look like if it were based on the best science available.

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Published July, 2010
By Yifrah Kaminer
Publisher: Elsevier (W B Saunders Co Ltd)
Series: The Clinics: Internal Medicine
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Features articles on epidemiological trends, genetic risk factors, neurobiology of substance use disorders, and race and gender associations, and offers reviews on prevention and various treatment methodologies. This title discusses treatments such as individual and group interventions, contingency reinforcement, and pharmacotherapy.

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Published May, 2010
By Namrata Raylu and Tian Po Oei
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
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This book is a comprehensive manual providing guidance for therapists treating clients with gambling addictions. The authors use a cognitive behavioural approach to identify a session by session guide for overcoming problem gambling.

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Published April, 2010
By Robert Hill, Christine A. Padesky, Luke Mitcheson, Jenny Maslin, Tim Meynen, Shamil Wanigaratne, Tamara Morrison and L Mitcheson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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This new book offers professionals a practical guide to the psychological treatment of all substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, stimulant drugs, cannabis and opiates. It focuses on CBT interventions, which have the strongest evidence base for effectiveness in treating addictive disorders.

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Published April, 2010
By Robert Hill, Christine A. Padesky, Luke Mitcheson, Jenny Maslin, Tim Meynen, Shamil Wanigaratne, Tamara Morrison and L Mitcheson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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This new book offers professionals a practical guide to the psychological treatment of all substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, stimulant drugs, cannabis and opiates. It focuses on CBT interventions, which have the strongest evidence base for effectiveness in treating addictive disorders.

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Published April, 2010
By Cynthia M. Kuhn, George F. Koob, Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, Sidney A. Simon and Cynthia Kuhn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Rating: 3.00
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Featuring contributions from leading experts, this book presents an overview of various approaches used to investigate the biologic mechanisms of drug addiction. It includes the behavioral strategies and characteristics of addiction as well as the mechanistic approaches to understanding the underlying neurobiology.

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