Addiction and therapy Books

This dissertation is an interpretive case study that examines alcohol use by a specific subculture of undergraduates, a college fraternity. Based on nearly three years of investigation using interviews, observation, and document analysis, this study...

Very little advancement in the treatment of delinquents or criminals can be expected if typical characteristics and their bearings on behavior are not understood. The whole study of characterology or the motivation of conduct is extremely new,...

First published in 1951, this was the last book by Hermann Levy who died in 1949 before it was finished. Completed by R. P. Lynton, it looks alcohol as a drink, both economically and socially. Divided into 3 parts - in brief: what is the drink problem...

The nature of alcohol problems is very diverse and the strategies adopted for minimising these vary even more. First published in 1983, a detailed review of public health issues in this field at the time opens the book. Followed by an examination of...

First published in 1981, this book reviews the evidence relating to the general effects of alcohol misuse on employment and the special problems involved in certain 'high-risk' industries at the time. A number of international case studies are then...

The aim of this book, originally published in 1985, was to demonstrate, on the basis of historical analysis, that transnational corporate structures and marketing strategies exercised a powerful impact on the availability and consumption of alcoholic...

Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Community Planning Guide is a manual offering guidance to communities on how to raise awareness of the benefits of methadone maintenance treatment and how to develop and integrate effective treatment services in their...

Rural youth face distinct problems that demand solutions specific to small-town environments. Freedom to Act is a case study about young people in a high school co-op program who combine their skills to reach a common goal. This youth team created a...

A readable and concise book on Therapeutic Community (TC). The author's style provides an experiential flavor while he attempts an easy to follow description and explanation of various aspects and methods of the TC. Although the book focuses on practical...

In Finally Free, Heath Lambert identifies eight clear strategies that will help those caught in the trap of pornography turn from their sin to trust in the sufficiency of Jesus Christ. Each chapter is grounded in grace and clearly articulates how to...

From the President of the Research Society on Alcoholism In recent years the alcohol research field has matured and is attracting a substantial number of eager and technically sophisticated researchers. There is a feeling of...

Drug addiction and abuse is a major socio-economic and political problem in India - both at the national level in general, and in North-Western India in particular. This book analyzes drug addiction and abuse from multiple perspectives and multiple...

In Nihilism and Drugs, Abraham Jacobi explores the relationship between drug use and the existential philosophy of nihilism. Through case studies and personal narratives, Jacobi argues that drug use is often a manifestation of a deeper existential crisis...

First published in 1903, Thomas Lee Wright's Inebriism is a classic work of psychiatric literature. Wright's groundbreaking research into the causes and effects of alcoholism and drug addiction shed new light on these complex issues, and his insights...

In the early 1980s the transtheoretical model of change was still in its infancy. Seminal publications were just appearing, but the model already seemed to hold such promise that we made it the organizing theme for the Third...

The first three volumes of this series have dealt with materials which generally justify the title, The Biology of Alcoholism. This is only remotely true of the present volume, Social Aspects of Alcoholism, or of the final...

New revised 2020 versionSet text for OCR GCSE 9-1DramaexamThis play tells the tragic true story of Dan Nolan, a teenage boy who went missing on the 1st January 2002 after a night out fishing with his best friends.The play explores the mystery of Dan's...