Substance Abuse Among Older Adults
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 21,74 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Older people
ISBN :
Aging and Addiction
Author : Carol Colleran
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 28,79 MB
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1592859100
Book Description
The authors, both experts in the field of addiction treatment and intervention, provide a respectful, definitive guide for recognizing and addressing substance abuse among older adults. Addiction among older adults is a hidden and hushed problem. Signs and symptoms of alcohol or medication abuse can easily be mistaken for conditions related to aging. And even when friends or family members recognize signs of addiction, they often discount the need for intervention or treatment. With an estimated three million older Americans struggling with alcohol and drug misuse and abuse, Aging and Addiction is a much-needed resource. The authors, both experts in the field of addiction treatment and intervention, provide a respectful, definitive guide for recognizing and addressing substance abuse among older adults. Key topics include: understanding the relationship between aging and addiction, finding help for a loved one, and recognizing the treatment needs of older adults.Key features and benefitsauthors are widely recognized experts in the field of addictionaddresses one of the nation's most underestimated, under treated health problemsprovides how-to-help information for family members and friends
TIP 35: Enhancing Motivation for Change in Substance Use Disorder Treatment (Updated 2019)
Author : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,64 MB
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1794755136
Book Description
Motivation is key to substance use behavior change. Counselors can support clients' movement toward positive changes in their substance use by identifying and enhancing motivation that already exists. Motivational approaches are based on the principles of person-centered counseling. Counselors' use of empathy, not authority and power, is key to enhancing clients' motivation to change. Clients are experts in their own recovery from SUDs. Counselors should engage them in collaborative partnerships. Ambivalence about change is normal. Resistance to change is an expression of ambivalence about change, not a client trait or characteristic. Confrontational approaches increase client resistance and discord in the counseling relationship. Motivational approaches explore ambivalence in a nonjudgmental and compassionate way.
Practical Approaches in the Treatment of Women who Abuse Alcohol and Other Drugs
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Publisher : U.S. Government Printing Office
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 15,23 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN :
Book Description
Drug Addiction Research and the Health of Women
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 14,48 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Drug abuse
ISBN :
Book Description
A Womans Guide to Recovery
Author : Brenda Iliff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 11,35 MB
Release : 2009-06-03
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1592857817
Book Description
The essential recovery guide for women new to sobriety, written by the director of clinical services at Hazelden's new cutting edge treatment facility for women. The essential recovery guide for women new to sobriety, written by the director of clinical services at Hazelden's new cutting edge treatment facility for women. Whether you are just embarking down the road of recovery or are well into the journey, consider Brenda Iliff's A Woman's Guide to Recovery your companion and guide. Brenda Iliff is a leading Hazelden clinician. She developed this guide to help women handle issues and challenges that come with their new life of recovery: How can you balance self-care with family responsibilities? What do you do about friends who aren't comfortable with your newfound sobriety? How do you rebuild family relationships? A Woman's Guide to Recovery offers real-life insight into what it means and what it takes to sustain healthy, lasting recovery.
Love First
Author : Jeff Jay
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 48,23 MB
Release : 2021-04-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1616499109
Book Description
This revised and expanded third edition of the gold-standard for intervention provides clear steps for harnessing the power of family, friends, and professionals to create a better future with loved ones suffering from addiction. Over the course of the last twenty years, Love First has become the go-to intervention guide for tens of thousands of families. This trailblazing book empowers and equips families and friends to use the power of love and honesty to give their addicted loved ones a chance to reach for help. Updated with the latest addiction science as well as insights gained from decades of front-line experience in family interventions, this revised and expanded edition contains practical tools for taking the next step together: transforming the intervention team into an ongoing community of loving support, lasting accountability, and lifelong recovery.
Senior Addiction
Author : Taite Adams
Publisher :
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 27,77 MB
Release : 2015-09-21
Category : Alcoholism
ISBN : 9780990767459
Book Description
Senior Addiction takes a detailed look at alcoholism and drug addiction in older adults from every angle, with an examination of the specific substance abuse dangers for seniors, barriers to diagnosis, and various treatment recommendations tailored to the older adult.
Ageing and Older Adult Mental Health
Author : Patrick Ryan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 35,60 MB
Release : 2013-03
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1136708901
Book Description
This book examines the issues and implications that mental health professionals face when dealing with ageing and older adults. The book focuses on the biological, psychological and cultural influences that impact on the work of mental health practitioners who work with this client group. Based on current empirical research and evidence-based practical issues this book explores topics including:ageing and dementiaelder abusecaring for older adultsdepression and ageingthe paradox of ageinghow older adults are key to the success of future generations. Throughout the book the contributors emphasise.
The Biology of Desire
Author : Marc Lewis
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 36,8 MB
Release : 2015-07-14
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1610394380
Book Description
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.
