Robert Holman Coombs

Addiction Counseling Review (eBook, ePUB)

Preparing for Comprehensive, Certification, and Licensing Examinations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Addiction Counseling Review: Preparing for Comprehensive, Certification, and Licensing Examinations offers a clear, readable overview of the knowledge and skills those training as alcohol or other drug counselors need to pass their final degree program, certification, and licensing examinations. It is organized into six sections: Addiction Basics, Personality Development and Drugs, Common Client Problems, Counseling Theories and Skills, Treatment Resources, and Career Issues. Each chapter includes challenging study questions that enable readers to assess their own level of understanding, including true/false, multiple choice, and provocative discussion questions. Each chapter also provides a glossary of key terms and, in addition to references, annotated suggestions for further reading and Web site exploration.This book will be a resource to which students and trainees will go on referring to long after it has helped them through their examinations. In addition, faculty and established professionals will find it a useful one-stop summary of current thinking about best practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 668
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135631345
• Artikelnr.: 41859351

Autorenporträt

Robert Holman Coombs

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I: Addiction Basics.H.J. Shaffer
M.J. Albanese
Addiction's Defining Characteristics. K.J. Franz
G.F. Koob
The Neurobiology of Addiction. C.M. Kuhn
W. Wilson
Types of Addictive Drugs. W.L. White
History of Drug Policy
Treatment
and Recovery. Part II: Individuals
Families
and Drugs.R.J. Pandina
V.L. Johnson
Lifespan Development and Drugs. R.R. Vega
D.E. Cortés
Diverse Drug Abusing Populations. L.F. Field
L. Seligman
Psychopathology. A.W. Lawson
G.W. Lawson
Families and Drugs. Part III: Common Client Problems.S.Y. Sussman
C.A. Patten
B. Order-Connors
Tobacco Use. C. Barrick
K.S. Walitzer
Problem Drinking. D.E. Mercer
R.F. Forman
Illicit Drug Use and Prescription Drug Abuse. M.I. Pohl
HIV/AIDS. J.P. Schneider
Coexisting Disorders. Part IV: Counseling Theories and Skills.W.A. Howatt
Classical Counseling Models. W.A. Howatt
Cognitive-Behavioral Models. J.A. Lewis
Assessment
Diagnosis
and Treatment Planning. H.A. Siegal
Case Management. J.T. Mitchell
Crisis Management. Part V: Treatment Resources. R.H. Coombs
W.A. Howatt
K. Coombs
Addiction Recovery Tools. Y-I. Hser
M.D. Anglin
Drug Treatment and Aftercare Programs. K.L. Kumpfer
R. Alvardao
P. Smith
Drug Abuse Prevention: Tools and Programs. P. Denning
Harm Reduction Tools and Programs. Part VI: Career Issues.R.M. Popovits
Disclosure Dilemmas: Legal Compliance for Counselors. W.L. White
Professional Ethics. M.J. Taleff
Professional Development. J.P. Henderson
Professional Examinations in Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Counseling. Appendix: Answer Key.