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Author:   Richard Fields
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Education
Edition:   11th edition
Weight:   0.474kg
ISBN:  

9781266887741

ISBN 10:   1266887741
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   19 March 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

SECTION I Understanding Substance Abuse  1 Putting Drugs in Perspective  2 Why People Use and Abuse Drugs and Alcohol 3 Drug-Specific Information  4 Assessment: Substance Abuse, Dependence, Addiction, and Suicidality  SECTION II Family  5 Substance Abuse and Family Systems  6 Parents and Family: At-Risk Factors for Substance Abuse  7 Growing Up in an Alcoholic Family System: Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACA)  SECTION III Motivation, Intervention, Co-occurring Disorders, Prevention, Recovery, and Relapse Prevention 8 Motivation and Change  9 Intervention  10 Prevention of Substance Abuse Problems  11 Disorders Co-occurring with Substance Abuse  12 Recovery, Suicide, Alcohol/Drugs and Relapse Prevention (RP) 

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Richard Fields, Ph.D., is owner/director of FACES, Conference and Home Study Programs for Mental Health Clinicians. Dr. Fields brings an expertise to FACES based on over 30 years of work in the alcohol/drug field. He still actively counsels individuals and family members with alcohol/drug problems, training thousands of professionals each year at FACES Conferences (www.facesconferences.com). Formerly the assistant director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse's Western Regional Training Center, he has conducted training throughout the Western United States. As a consultant, Dr. Fields has worked to develop a number of University and College programs, creating educational classes, workshops and conferences (UCLA Extension, Dept. of Allied Health and Medicine, University of Washington, School of Social Work Extension, Seattle University, Edmonds Community College, University of California, Irvine, Riverside, Santa Cruz and others). Dr. Fields is the author of Drugs in Perspective, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 2007. This college textbook is standard in most alcohol/drug studies programs.

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