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A Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Programme for Problem Gambling
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 51.99This book is a treatment manual providing guidance for therapists treating clients with gambling addictions. In this book the authors use a cognitive behavioural approach and provide a session by session guide for overcoming problem gambling. Essential topics covered include: assessment and psychoeducation cognitive behavioural strategies... more...
The Treatment of Drinking Problems
Cambridge University Press 2010; US$ 66.00A highly readable and practical guide for anyone treating or caring for someone with an alcohol problem. more...
The Encyclopedia of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse
Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 90.00Alcoholism afflicts individuals of all social groups and age levels, although young adults have the greatest risk for addiction to alcohol. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, more than 51 percent of Americans?more than 125 million people over 12 years of age?reported being current drinkers in 2007. That same year, an estimated... more...
Life's a Gamble
Transworld 2009; US$ 12.00Roy Brindley has earned over a million pounds, has a contented family life, owns an incredible house and both a Porsche and a Ferrari. But he's not always had money to play with. In fact, he hasn't always had a home. Addicted to gambling like the majority of his family, Roy spent his teens and twenties in the bookies and, week in, week out,... more...
Cannabis and Cognitive Functioning
Cambridge University Press 1998; US$ 57.00Reviews the cognitive effects of cannabis and presents new findings on the consequences of long-term use. more...
In the Grip of Desire: The Power of Sexual Secrets
Taylor and Francis 2009; US$ 44.95Written in a first-person, narrative style, In the Grip of Desire gives both the professional and lay reader the rare opportunity to experience the sequestered world of the therapist as she works with people who have sexual secrets and behaviors. Referencing the academic literature and research, using rich case material, and a broad use of literary... more...
Pain and Chemical Dependency
Oxford University Press, USA 2008; US$ 69.99Both pain and addiction are tremendous public health problems. Practitioners of every stripe say that they learned precious little about pain or addiction in their training and readily admit that instruction on the interface of pain and addiction is nonexistent. The recent problem of prescription drug abuse has only served to highlight the fact that... more...
The Scent of Dried Roses
Penguin Books Ltd 2009; Not AvailableTim Lott?s parents, Jack and Jean, met at the Empire Snooker Hall, Ealing, in 1951, in a world that to him now seems ?as strange as China?. In this extraordinarily moving exploration of his parents? lives, his mother?s inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression, Tim Lott conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood... more...
The Addicted Brain
Pearson Education 2011; US$ 29.99Addiction destroys lives. In The Addicted Brain, leading neuroscientist Michael Kuhar, Ph.D., explains how and why this happens?and presents advances in drug addiction treatment and prevention. Using breathtaking brain imagery and other research, Kuhar shows the powerful, long-term brain changes that drugs can cause, revealing why it can be so difficult... more...
Handbook of Evidence-Based Substance Abuse Treatment in Criminal Justice Settings
Springer 2011; US$ 139.99Get high. Become addicted. Commit crimes. Get arrested and be sent to jail. Get released. Repeat. It's a cycle often destined to persist, in large part because the critical step that is often missing in the process, which is treatment geared toward ensuring that addicts are able to reenter society without the constant threat of imminent relapse.... more...









