Old and High exposes and addresses the hidden epidemic of older adults experiencing psychotropic substance dependence--and their consequential mental health needs. It provides insight for clinical professionals in psychology, social work, gerontology, nursing, and medicine on how to integrate current neuroscience findings with contemporary psychotherapy techniques and harm-reductive interventions to help older adults achieve successful recovery from substance abuse problems. Extensive use of clinical vignettes also offers a humanistic perspective to the academic, evidenced-based research presented in the text.…mehr
Old and High exposes and addresses the hidden epidemic of older adults experiencing psychotropic substance dependence--and their consequential mental health needs. It provides insight for clinical professionals in psychology, social work, gerontology, nursing, and medicine on how to integrate current neuroscience findings with contemporary psychotherapy techniques and harm-reductive interventions to help older adults achieve successful recovery from substance abuse problems. Extensive use of clinical vignettes also offers a humanistic perspective to the academic, evidenced-based research presented in the text.
Robert Youdin, PhD, is Visiting Research Collaborator in the Department of Molecular Biology at Princeton University and has a psychotherapy practice in Princeton, NJ, specializing in substance abuse treatment.
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* Foreword * Prologue * Acknowledgments * Part I. Understanding Baby-Boom Adult Psychotropic Substance Use, Abuse and Misuse * Chapter 1. Who Are the Baby-Boom Adults?: Differences Between Their Using, Abusing, and Misusing Psychotropic Substances * Chapter 2. Basic Anatomical and Psychophysiological Concepts Needed to Understand Baby-Boom Adults' Psychotropic Substance Use, Abuse, and Misuse * Chapter 3. Consequences of Baby-Boom Adults' Psychotropic Substance Abuse and Misuse * Part II. Psychotropic Substances Used, Misused, and Abused By Baby-Boom Adults * Chapter 4. Alcohol * Chapter 5. Benzodiazepines and Sleep Medications * Chapter 6. Cannabis * Chapter 7. Opioids * Chapter 8. Psychostimulants * Chapter 9. Tobacco * Part III. Psychotherapy Theories and Interventions * Chapter 10. Psychotherapy Theories, Techniques, and Harm Reduction Interventions for Treating Baby-Boom Adults' Psychotropic Substance Abuse
