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Concepts Of Chemical Dependency
ISBN: 9780495505808 | 0495505803
Edition: 7thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 2/25/2008
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CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, Seventh Edition reflects the explosion of information regarding the understanding, identification, and treatment of addictive disorders. Doweiko examines the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, barbiturates, amphetamines, cocaine, opiates, and hallucinogens, as well as chemicals frequently left out of other books -- such as aerosols, steroids, and over-the-counter analgesics. Additionally, the text investigates solid strategies for working with clients, the differences between abusers and addicts; drug effects on... MORE
| Why worry about recreational chemical abuse? | p. 1 |
| Statement of the problem of substance use disorders | p. 7 |
| The medical model of chemical addiction | p. 17 |
| Psychosocial models of the substance abuse disorders | p. 28 |
| Addiction as a disease of the human spirit | p. 36 |
| An introduction to pharmacology | p. 46 |
| Introduction to alcohol : the oldest recreational chemical | p. 60 |
| Chronic alcohol abuse and addiction | p. 72 |
| Abuse of and addiction to the barbiturates and barbiturate-like drugs | p. 89 |
| Abuse of and addiction to benzodiazepines and similar agents | p. 99 |
| Abuse of and addiction to amphetamines and CNS stimulants | p. 114 |
| Cocaine | p. 131 |
| Marijuana abuse and addiction | p. 145 |
| Opioid abuse and addiction | p. 158 |
| Hallucinogen abuse and addiction | p. 179 |
| Abuse of and addiction to the inhalants and aerosols | p. 194 |
| The unrecognized problem of steroid abuse and addiction | p. 201 |
| The over-the-counter analgesics : unexpected agents of abuse | p. 209 |
| Tobacco products and nicotine addiction | p. 222 |
| Chemicals and the neonate : the consequences of drug abuse during pregnancy | p. 236 |
| Gender and substance use disorders | p. 249 |
| Hidden faces of chemical dependency | p. 255 |
| Chemical abuse by children and adolescents | p. 263 |
| The dual diagnosis client : chemical addiction and mental illness | p. 279 |
| Codependency and enabling | p. 291 |
| Addiction and the family | p. 300 |
| The evaluation of substance use problems | p. 309 |
| The process of intervention | p. 323 |
| The treatment of chemical dependency | p. 332 |
| The process of recovery | p. 341 |
| Treatment formats for chemical dependency rehabilitation | p. 351 |
| Relapse and other problems frequently encountered in treatment | p. 362 |
| Pharmacological intervention tactics and substance abuse | p. 383 |
| Substance abuse/addiction and infectious disease | p. 399 |
| Self-help groups | p. 412 |
| Crime and drug use | p. 428 |
| The debate around legalization | p. 442 |
| One Sample assessment : alcohol abuse situation | p. 452 |
| Sample assessment : chemical dependency situation | p. 454 |
| The "Jellinek" chart for alcoholism | p. 457 |
| Drug classification schedules | p. 458 |
| Modified Centers for Disease Control HIV/AIDS classification chart | p. 459 |
| Glossary | p. 460 |
| References | p. 469 |
| Index | p. 537 |
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