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Addiction to alcohol, opioids, and other drugs is ravaging our society--and family members are the first responders. But until now, there has been no single resource that gives families the comprehensive, unbiased information they need to help an addict recover while coping with the many problems addiction causes. Coauthored by a leading treatment expert, this book provides science-based answers to the painful questions that spouses, parents, and grown children of addicts face every day. Why can't addicts just stop? When does being supportive become enabling? What treatment programs work, and how can families afford them?…mehr

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Addiction to alcohol, opioids, and other drugs is ravaging our society--and family members are the first responders. But until now, there has been no single resource that gives families the comprehensive, unbiased information they need to help an addict recover while coping with the many problems addiction causes. Coauthored by a leading treatment expert, this book provides science-based answers to the painful questions that spouses, parents, and grown children of addicts face every day. Why can't addicts just stop? When does being supportive become enabling? What treatment programs work, and how can families afford them?
Autorenporträt
Thomas F. Harrison is a professional writer and the former editor of a national periodical for attorneys. After a close friend developed a substance use problem, he devoted himself to helping families and friends learn how to cope with the challenges of addiction. He is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hilary S. Connery, MD, PhD, is Clinical Director of the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Connery has worked to educate family members and involve them in treatment since entering clinical practice in 2000. Her expertise includes treatment of opioid use disorders and of co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorders. She contributed to the American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for Treatment of Substance Abuse and is an investigator in the New England Consortium of the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network. Dr. Connery is New England Director for the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry and is a national physician mentor in the Prescriber's Clinical Support System, which trains practitioners throughout the country in evidence-based medical care for substance use disorders.