Psychology / Psychopathology / Addiction

Games Alcoholics Play

by Claude M. Phd Steiner

The most lucid account of the patterns of problem drinkers ever set down in a book!

Drawing on soundly tested theories of transactional behavior, Dr. Steiner describes the three distinct types of alcoholics --...

Fifty Years in the Service of Addiction Treatment: An Evolution in Paradigm and Policy

by David E. Smith

Addiction medicine in the US from the 1960s to 2012, when healthcare reform requires parity for addiction treatment.

Smoking

by David Krogh

What compels millions of people to ignore the medical evidence and continue smoking?  David Krogh offers some fascinating and surprising answers in this critically acclaimed analysis of what doctors and scientists...

Awareness and Wisdom in Addiction Therapy: The In-Depth Systemics Treatment of Mental-somatic Models

by Gerhard Scholz, Leo Gurtler & Kent C. Berridge

In this extended essay, experts address both the recovery and the long-term goal of healing from addiction, arguing that a full cure from drug addiction or habitual addiction can be achieved. Combining both...

Addictions Counseling: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide for Counseling People with Addictions

by Diane Doyle Doyle Pita

This wholly revised and updated edition of Addictions Counseling is widely read by professional counselors as well as ministers, teachers, and nurses. Topics include the counselor's role in recovery, treatment...