Published September, 2006
By Griffith Edwards, Shane Darke, Louisa Degenhardt and Richard Mattick
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions
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The rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations. In this book, Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, interventions, demography, and associated risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality.

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Published September, 2006
By G.Alan Marlatt
Publisher: Eurospan (American Psychological Association)
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Studies have shown that heavy drinkers who begin meditating show a decrease in the amount they drink. Here, the author demonstrates his meditative technique for helping clients with substance addictions.

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Published July, 2006
By Dennis C. Daley and Antoine Douaihy
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Oxford University Press Inc)
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Designed primarily to educate individuals with dual disorders and their families about mood and addictive use disorders. This book provides guidelines and strategies for recovery from dual disorders based on, and adapted from various treatments that have proven effective for addiction, mood disorders, or both.

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Published June, 2006
By Richard B. Ulman and Harry Paul
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Brunner-Routledge)
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The Self Psychology of Addiction and Its Treatment emphasizes clinical approaches in the treatment of challenging narcissistic patients struggling with the five major forms of addiction.. This comprehensive book links addiction and trauma in an original manner that creates a greater understanding of addiction and its foundations.

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Published May, 2006
By Martin Plant and Moira Plant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Published May, 2006
By Martin Plant and Moira Plant
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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The British have long been noted for their heavy drinking and resulting unsociable behaviour. With licensing laws having been relaxed in 2005, the opportunities for inebriation are even greater. In this highly topical book, the first ever on binge drinking, two leading authorities on alcoholism take a look at the UK and its need for intoxication.

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Published May, 2006
By Robert West, Hayden McRobbie, Andy McEwen, Peter Hajek and A McEwen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
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Manual of Smoking Cessation provides the crucial knowledge required if you are involved in helping smokers to stop. The manual provides facts, figures, suggested interventions and sources of further information to assist in providing evidence-based treatment for smokers wishing to stop.

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Published May, 2006
By Dennis McCarty, Eldon Edmundson and Eldon Edmundson, Jr.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge Member of the Taylor and Francis Group)
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Provides results from Practice Improvement Collaboratives (PIC) that demonstrate how substance abuse treatment can be improved by increasing the exchange of knowledge between community-based service providers and the research community. This book is useful for alcohol and drug counsellors, and directors of alcohol and drug treatment clinics.

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Published April, 2006
By Robert J. Meyers, William R. Miller and Gareth Edwards
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions
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This 2001 book presents the community reinforcement approach for a clinical readership. Combining practical advice on working with clients and a scientific survey of CRA in use, this book offers a treatment approach to all involved with the support and treatment of those with alcohol and drug problems.

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Published April, 2006
By Novartis Foundation, Gregory R. Bock, Jamie A. Goode and Novartis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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This book covers basic issues concerning the nature of the worldwide health problem posed by cigarette smoking and explores the psychodynamics of cigarette addiction. The basic pharmacology and biochemistry of nicotine and its effect on the brain are reviewed here.

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