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• ISBN: 0743292138
• ISBN: 9780743292139
• Physical Description: xvi, 300 pages ; 23 cm
• Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2007]
• Copyright: ©2007

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I An Addiction Primer 1 -- Chapter 1 Do You Have an Addict in Your Life? 3 -- Chapter 2 What Addiction Really Is 20 -- Chapter 3 How Addicts Avoid Dealing with the Problem and What You Can Do About It 39 -- Part II Strategies for Getting the Addict into Treatment 67 -- Chapter 4 What Friends and Family Can Do: Gathering and Evaluating Information About Addiction Treaters 69 -- Chapter 5 What Friends and Family Can Do: Convincing the Addict to Enter Treatment 86 -- Chapter 6 When Nothing Else Works: Using Constructive and Legal Coercion 111 -- Part III Treatment Options 139 -- Chapter 7 What Treatment Is 141 -- Chapter 8 What to Look For in a Treatment Facility 164 -- Chapter 9 Detoxification and Medications 177 -- Chapter 10 Psychotherapy 193 -- Chapter 11 Alchoholics Anonymous and Other Peer-Led Groups 215 -- Chapter 12 Strategies to Avoid 240 -- Part IV When Addiction Is Just One of the Problems 255 -- Chapter 13 Special Situations 257 -- Appendix A Where to Find Help 286 -- Appendix B Further Reading on Starting Treatment 289.

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Subject:

Substance abuse > Treatment.
Addicts > Rehabilitation.