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Book Synopsis Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook by : Terence T. Gorski
Download or read book Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook written by Terence T. Gorski and published by Herald Publishing House. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chemically dependent adolescents have a tendency to relapse because of problems they experience at home, school, and with their friends. These problems activate urges and cravings to use alcohol and drugs. The 'Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook' first reviews a list of common adolescent Relapse Warning Signs. The adolescent then selects and personalizes a warning sign that is likely to increase the risk of relapse and describes specific situations in which this warning sign might occur. The adolescent learns to identify the irrational thoughts, unmanageable feelings, self-destructive urges, and self-defeating behavior that leads to alcohol and drug use. New ways of thinking, feeling, managing urges, and behaving are learned that promote recovery and present relapse."--Publisher description.
Book Synopsis Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook by : Dennis C Daley, M.S.W.
Download or read book Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook written by Dennis C Daley, M.S.W. and published by . This book was released on 1999-07-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook by : Dennis C. Daley
Download or read book Adolescent Relapse Prevention Workbook written by Dennis C. Daley and published by . This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :Brian M. Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781983414435 Total Pages :290 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (144 download)
Book Synopsis Relapse Prevention Practice by : Brian M.
Download or read book Relapse Prevention Practice written by Brian M. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you in recovery from substance abuse? Are you in recovery from compulsive behaviors? Here is a practical recovery workbook that will help you to promote your recovery and avoid relapse. Relapse is not inevitable and even if it does happen, there is hope because you can do something about it. Some have called this book a relapse prevention therapy workbook. This relapse prevention practice uses a simple strategy that will help you to develop a specific plan of action and be aware of your high relapse risk situations. If you are going through relapse prevention therapy, relapse prevention counseling or addiction counseling, this workbook has daily practical exercises that can be used in group counseling or individual setting. You will learn gain new coping skills used cognitive behavioral therapy for staying sober and for relapse prevention. This Relapse Prevention Practice Workbook is designed for people in recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction who have a history of relapse, or fear they might relapse. This is a simple workbook for addiction recovery, a guide to coping with triggers that lead back to addictive behaviors. This book will lead you to: Freedom from your addictions, a new approach to addiction and recovery, a strategy to help you to overcome addiction; and a guide for relapse prevention. If you are going through cognitive behavioral therapy, this workbook will be your guide to staying sober. Use it as a relapse prevention therapy workbook for addiction counseling and addiction recovery. Although this workbook was designed to help men and women who are in their second quarter or second 90 days of their first year of recovery from substance abuse and other compulsive lifestyles who have a desire to prevent relapse in their lives, it will work for you no matter what phase of addiction recovery you are in. If you relapsed last time, here is the antidote for preventing relapse and promoting you addiction recovery. Relapse Prevention Practice: The Second Quarter Sobriety Workbook. For those in recovery, it will be the perfect addiction recovery gift. If you are an adolescent or working with adolescents, this will be a perfect adolescent relapse prevention workbook. Substance abuse is indeed a problem in society, particularly among adolescents who are at risk. This Relapse Prevention Practice will guide you towards whole person sobriety. Please note: This book is part of the Relapse Prevention Practice Sequential. All the books in this sequential have basically the same text, provided for your convenience, to ease your transition from one 90 day phase to another. The sequential is as follows: Relapse Prevention Practice: A Sobriety Workbook for the first 90 Days Relapse Prevention Practice: The Second Quarter Sobriety Workbook Relapse Prevention Workbook: The Third Quarter Sobriety Inventory Relapse Prevention Workbook: The Fourth Quarter Sobriety Inventory
Author :Brian M. Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781983414466 Total Pages :290 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (144 download)
Book Synopsis Relapse Prevention Workbook by : Brian M.
Download or read book Relapse Prevention Workbook written by Brian M. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you in recovery from substance abuse? Are you in recovery from compulsive behaviors? Here is a practical recovery workbook that will help you to promote your recovery and avoid relapse. Relapse is not inevitable and even if it does happen, there is hope because you can do something about it. Working through your addiction recovery process? This book will work as your personal addiction treatment planner. It is not just one of the regular recovery books, it is a relapse prevention workbook that you can use together with your recovery bible. Because of the manner in which you will use it, it is essentially a relapse prevention therapy workbook even though it offers no therapy. This relapse prevention practice uses a simple strategy that will help you to develop a specific plan of action and be aware of your high relapse risk situations. If you are going through relapse prevention therapy, relapse prevention counseling or addiction counseling, this workbook has daily practical exercises that can be used in group counseling or individual setting. You will learn gain new coping skills used cognitive behavioral therapy for staying sober and for relapse prevention. This Relapse Prevention Practice Workbook is designed for people in recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction who have a history of relapse, or fear they might relapse. This is a simple workbook for addiction recovery, a guide to coping with triggers that lead back to addictive behaviors. This book will lead you to: Freedom from your addictions, a new approach to addiction and recovery, a strategy to help you to overcome addiction; and a guide for relapse prevention. If you are going through cognitive behavioral therapy, this workbook will be your guide to staying sober. Use it as a relapse prevention therapy workbook for addiction counseling and addiction recovery. Although this workbook was designed to help men and women who are in their third quarter or third 90 days of their first year of recovery from substance abuse and other compulsive lifestyles who have a desire to prevent relapse in their lives, it will work for you no matter what phase of addiction recovery you are in. If you relapsed last time, here is the antidote for preventing relapse and promoting you addiction recovery. Relapse Prevention Workbook: Your Third Quarter Sobriety Inventory. For those in recovery, it will be the perfect addiction recovery gift. If you are an adolescent or working with adolescents, this will be a perfect adolescent relapse prevention workbook. Substance abuse is indeed a problem in society, particularly among adolescents who are at risk. This Relapse Prevention Practice will guide you towards whole person sobriety. Please note: This book is part of the Relapse Prevention Practice Sequential. All the books in this sequential have basically the same text, provided for your convenience, to ease your transition from one 90 day phase to another. The sequential is as follows: Relapse Prevention Practice: A Sobriety Workbook for the first 90 Days Relapse Prevention Practice: The Second Quarter Sobriety Workbook Relapse Prevention Workbook: The Third Quarter Sobriety Inventory Relapse Prevention Workbook: The Fourth Quarter Sobriety Inventory
Book Synopsis The Adolescent Relapse Prevention Planner by : Jennifer Bruha
Download or read book The Adolescent Relapse Prevention Planner written by Jennifer Bruha and published by Turning Stone Press. This book was released on 2012-08-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *2013 International Book Awards Winner in Psychology/Mental Health (http://www.prweb.com/) Substance abuse continues to be a problem in society, particularly among adolescents, who are exposed at younger ages to new and stronger drugs with higher addictive potential and greater availability. In response, award-winning teen addictions clinician and research expert Dr. Jennifer Bruha has created an insightful and innovative new workbook that helps counselors, parents and adolescents themselves deal with the challenges of teen addiction and craft a realistic plan for change. The Adolescent Relapse Prevention Planner contains a variety of educational information, discussion topics and exercises around substance abuse that can be used both for individuals and groups. The writing tone, as well as the structure of the exercises, are geared to the teen level; the entire process is designed to be intriguing, thought-provoking, psycho-educational and even fun - making treatment and the recovery process more personally empowering, manageable and more achievable. Bruha addresses recovery from addiction through the stages of change, from overcoming denial and acknowledging that they have a problem with substance abuse; learning more about drugs and exploring the short- and long-term consequences; examining ways to quit, and how to set up structures to prevent relapse; and maintaining a healthy lifestyle every day, then every week and every month. The Adolescent Relapse Prevention Planner offers several unique components not available in other recovery literature, including: Exercises and discussion topics at the end of each section that can be adapted for individuals or groups Drug education, including the short- and long-term health effects of stimulants, depressants and hallucinogens The Adolescent Relapse Prevention Examples and stories using real-life teen situations such as peer pressure, relationships, emotions, impulsiveness and honest communication Family and genetics issues in substance abuse and addiction, including a section on making a family tree to identify family system patterns in substance abuse, mental health problems and trauma Graphic of the cycle of addiction which clearly illustrates the need to step out of self-defeating behaviors and relationships Self-care, they key to creating real change; including discussions and exercises on mindfulness (a burgeoning topic in psychology and addiction research) "In this high-stress world, where temptations are everywhere. . . adolescents search for that quick fix to escape from reality," Bruha writes in the book's introduction. "Unfortunately for many, that desire for a quick fix leads to substance abuse and even addiction, which impacts puberty and adolescent development physically, psychologically and emotionally. This presents unique challenges in treatment and recovery. This workbook addresses the challenges adolescents face in their own recovery, regardless of where they fit in the stages of change process."
Author :Brian M. Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781983414497 Total Pages :290 pages Book Rating :4.4/5 (144 download)
Book Synopsis Relapse Prevention Workbook by : Brian M.
Download or read book Relapse Prevention Workbook written by Brian M. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-20 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working through your addiction recovery process? This book will work as your personal addiction treatment planner. It is not just one of the regular recovery books, it is a relapse prevention workbook that you can use together with your recovery bible. Because of the manner in which you will use it, it is essentially a relapse prevention therapy workbook even though it offers no therapy. This relapse prevention practice uses a simple strategy that will help you to develop a specific plan of action and be aware of your high relapse risk situations. If you are going through relapse prevention therapy, relapse prevention counseling or addiction counseling, this workbook has daily practical exercises that can be used in group counseling or individual setting. You will learn gain new coping skills used cognitive behavioral therapy for staying sober and for relapse prevention. This Relapse Prevention Practice Workbook is designed for people in recovery from alcohol or other drug addiction who have a history of relapse, or fear they might relapse. This is a simple workbook for addiction recovery, a guide to coping with triggers that lead back to addictive behaviors. This book will lead you to: Freedom from your addictions, a new approach to addiction and recovery, a strategy to help you to overcome addiction; and a guide for relapse prevention. If you are going through cognitive behavioral therapy, this workbook will be your guide to staying sober. Use it as a relapse prevention therapy workbook for addiction counseling and addiction recovery. Although this workbook was designed to help men and women who are in their fourth quarter or fourth 90 days of their first year of recovery from substance abuse and other compulsive lifestyles who have a desire to prevent relapse in their lives, it will work for you no matter what phase of addiction recovery you are in. If you relapsed last time, here is the antidote for preventing relapse and promoting you addiction recovery. Relapse Prevention Workbook: Your Third Quarter Sobriety Inventory. For those in recovery, it will be the perfect addiction recovery gift. If you are an adolescent or working with adolescents, this will be a perfect adolescent relapse prevention workbook. Substance abuse is indeed a problem in society, particularly among adolescents who are at risk. This Relapse Prevention Practice will guide you towards whole person sobriety. Please note: This book is part of the Relapse Prevention Practice Sequential. All the books in this sequential have basically the same text, provided for your convenience, to ease your transition from one 90 day phase to another. The sequential is as follows: Relapse Prevention Practice: A Sobriety Workbook for the first 90 Days Relapse Prevention Practice: The Second Quarter Sobriety Workbook Relapse Prevention Workbook: The Third Quarter Sobriety Inventory Relapse Prevention Workbook: The Fourth Quarter Sobriety Inventory
Book Synopsis Relapse Prevention Practice by : Brian Mulipah
Download or read book Relapse Prevention Practice written by Brian Mulipah and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you in recovery from substance abuse? Are you in recovery from compulsive behaviors? Here is a practical recovery workbook that will help you to promote your recovery and avoid relapse. Relapse is not inevitable and even if it does happen, there is hope because you can do something about it. Others have called this book a relapse prevention therapy workbook. Working through your addiction recovery process? This book will work as your personal addiction treatment planner. It is not just one of the regular recovery books; it is a relapse prevention workbook that you can use together with your recovery bible. Because of the manner in which you will use it, it is essentially a relapse prevention therapy workbook even though it offers no recovery therapy. This relapse prevention workbook uses a simple strategy that will help you to develop a specific plan of action and be aware of your high relapse risk situations. If you are going through relapse prevention therapy, relapse prevention counseling or addiction counseling, this workbook has daily practical exercises that can be used in group counseling or individual setting. You will learn gain new coping skills used cognitive behavioral therapy for staying sober and for relapse prevention. This is a Relapse Prevention guide designed for people in recovery from alcohol abuse or other drug addiction who have a history of relapse, or want to avoid relapse. This is a simple workbook for addiction recovery, a guide to coping with triggers that lead back to addictive behaviors. This book will lead you to: Freedom from your addictions, a new approach to addiction and recovery, a strategy to help you to overcome addiction. It is a true and tested guide for relapse prevention. If you are going through cognitive behavioral therapy, this workbook will be your guide to staying sober. Use it as a relapse prevention therapy workbook for addiction counseling and addiction recovery. Although this workbook was designed to help men and women who are in their third quarter, third term or third set of 90 days of their first year of recovery from substance abuse and other compulsive lifestyles who have a desire to prevent relapse in their lives. It will work for you no matter what phase of addiction recovery you are in. If you relapsed last time, here is the antidote for preventing relapse and promoting you addiction recovery. Relapse Prevention Practice: The Third Quarter Sobriety Workbook. For those in recovery, it will be the perfect addiction recovery gift. If you are an adolescent or working with adolescents, this will be a perfect adolescent relapse prevention workbook. Substance abuse is indeed a problem in society, particularly among adolescents who are at risk. This Relapse Prevention Workbook guides you through a practice that will guide you towards whole person sobriety. Please note: This book is part of the Relapse Prevention Practice Sequential. All the books in this sequential have basically the same text, provided for your convenience, to ease your transition from one 90 day phase to another. The sequential is as follows: Relapse Prevention Practice: A Sobriety Workbook for the first 90 Days Relapse Prevention Practice: The Second Quarter Sobriety Workbook Relapse Prevention Practice: The Third Quarter Sobriety workbook Relapse Prevention Practice: The Fourth Quarter Sobriety Workbook
Book Synopsis Relapse Prevention Practice by : Brian Mulipah
Download or read book Relapse Prevention Practice written by Brian Mulipah and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you in recovery from substance abuse or any compulsive behaviors? Here is a practical recovery workbook that will help you to promote your recovery and avoid relapse. Relapse is now known as an integral part of recovery, but it need not happen. Yet even if it does happen, there is hope because you can do something about it. Others have called this book the relapse prevention therapy workbook. Working through your addiction recovery process? This book will work as your personal addiction treatment planner. It is not just one of the regular recovery books; it is a relapse prevention workbook that you can use together with your recovery bible. Because of the manner in which you will use it, it is essentially a relapse prevention therapy workbook even though it offers no recovery therapy. This relapse prevention workbook uses a simple strategy that will help you to develop a specific plan of action and be aware of your high relapse risk situations. If you are going through relapse prevention therapy, relapse prevention counseling or addiction counseling, this workbook has daily practical exercises that can be used in group counseling or individual setting. You will learn gain new coping skills used cognitive behavioral therapy for staying sober and for relapse prevention. This is a Relapse Prevention guide designed for people in recovery from alcohol abuse or other drug addiction who have a history of relapse, or want to avoid relapse. This is a simple workbook for addiction recovery, a guide to coping with triggers that lead back to addictive behaviors. This book will lead you to: Freedom from your addictions, a new approach to addiction and recovery, a strategy to help you to overcome addiction. It is a true and tested guide for relapse prevention. If you are going through cognitive behavioral therapy, this workbook will be your guide to staying sober. Use it as a relapse prevention therapy workbook for addiction counseling and addiction recovery. Although this workbook was designed to help men and women who are in their fourth quarter, 4th term or fourth set of 90 days of their first year of recovery from substance abuse and other compulsive lifestyles who have a desire to prevent relapse in their lives. It will work for you no matter what phase of addiction recovery you are in. If you relapsed last time, here is the antidote for preventing relapse and promoting you addiction recovery. Relapse Prevention Practice: The Fourth Quarter Sobriety Workbook. For those in recovery, it will be the perfect addiction recovery gift. If you are an adolescent or working with adolescents, this will be a perfect adolescent relapse prevention workbook. Substance abuse is indeed a problem in society, particularly among adolescents who are at risk. This Relapse Prevention Workbook guides you through a practice that will guide you towards whole person sobriety. Please note: This book is part of the Relapse Prevention Practice Sequential. All the books in this sequential have basically the same text, provided for your convenience, to ease your transition from one 90 day phase to another. The sequential is as follows: Relapse Prevention Practice: A Sobriety Workbook for the first 90 Days Relapse Prevention Practice: The Second Quarter Sobriety Workbook Relapse Prevention Practice: The Third Quarter Sobriety workbook Relapse Prevention Practice: The Fourth Quarter Sobriety Workbook
Book Synopsis The Relapse Prevention Workbook for Youth in Treatment by : Charlene Steen
Download or read book The Relapse Prevention Workbook for Youth in Treatment written by Charlene Steen and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Workbook by : Steven L. Jaffe
Download or read book Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Workbook written by Steven L. Jaffe and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2000-10-01 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook is intended for teenagers who use drugs and alcohol but for whom the amounts, frequency, and negative consequences are unrecognized. This workbook is an initial approach for helping teenagers become aware, both cognitively and emotionally, of the negative consequences of their drug and/or alcohol use. It is hoped that by seeing for themselves how not using can make their life better, teenagers will become motivated toward beginning treatment. This intervention workbook corresponds to the First Step of a 12-Step Program. It helps teenagers move from precontemplation to contemplation to determination according to the stages of change framework. The workbook should be used as part of a therapeutic relationship or program, with sensitivity to issues of confidentiality. Background about the workbook and suggestions for its use are provided in the accompanying Staff Manual.
Book Synopsis Figure It, Face It, & Fix It - Teen Workbook by : Mark Turansky
Download or read book Figure It, Face It, & Fix It - Teen Workbook written by Mark Turansky and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's time to unlock your potential and find freedom from the chains that have been holding you back! In this revolutionary new book you will learn to: -Overcome addiction in a positive way -The secret to saying "no" and really meaning it -Breakthrough relapse prevention tools Welcome to: Figure it, Face it & Fix it - Your surprising solution to addictions and substance abuse. Mark Turansky's Choice Process program throws out negative words like "CAN'T" and "HAVE TO" and takes you on an empowering, personal journey to freedom! There is a cure for addiction; you can be FREE!!!
Book Synopsis The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook by : Suzette Glasner-Edwards
Download or read book The Addiction Recovery Skills Workbook written by Suzette Glasner-Edwards and published by New Harbinger Publications. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 211 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Self-Help Book Recommendation. Winner of the 4Th International Beverly Hills Book Awards in the category of Addiction & Recovery! Is your addiction taking control of your life? This book provides an integrative, seven-step program to help you finally overcome drug and alcohol addiction, once and for all. If you struggle with addiction, seeking treatment is a powerful, positive first step toward eventual recovery. But gaining an understanding of the causes of addiction—such as feelings of helplessness or loss of control—is also crucial for recovery. In this book, addiction expert Suzette Glasner-Edwards offers evidence-based techniques fusing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention to help you move past your addictive behaviors. On the long road to addiction recovery, you need as many tools as possible to help you stay sober and reach your destination. That’s why this is the first book to combine research-proven motivational techniques, CBT, and mindfulness-based strategies to help you create your own unique recovery plan. The book can be used on its own or as an adjunct to rehab or therapy. It also makes a wonderful resource for loved ones and professionals treating addiction. If you're ready to take that important first step toward recovery, this book can help you beat your addiction and get back to living a full, meaningful life.
Book Synopsis Staff Manual for Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Workbook by : Steven L. Jaffe
Download or read book Staff Manual for Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Workbook written by Steven L. Jaffe and published by American Psychiatric Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a staff manual for an intervention workbook made to help teenagers using drugs and alcohol recognize the frequency and negative consequences of that use
Download or read book Pathways written by Timothy J. Kahn and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This workbook uses text, exercises, and illustrations to make clients aware of the thinking and feelings that are part of their sexual behavior problems. It presents the assault cycle and relapse prevention techniques as tools for understanding and prevention, and helps clients look at the maintenance behaviors that keep them cycling through anger, boredom, and other feelings that feed their cycles. Education toward appropriate behavior and basic sexuality information helps clients to redress their social deficits. Victim empathy issues are addressed in three chapters, including an empathy scrapbook homework assignment, clarification, and restitution. The text leads the client toward a new life as a responsible member of his or her own sexual abuse prevention and safety team, a person who will have no more victims. By signing a contract with significant support people, clients recognize and formalize a list of people who can help them continue a life that includes accountability for their actions.
Book Synopsis Anger Management for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Clients: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual (Updated 2019) by : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Download or read book Anger Management for Substance Use Disorder and Mental Health Clients: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Manual (Updated 2019) written by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anger and substance use disorders often co-occur, increasing the risk for negative consequences such as physical aggression, self-harm, distressed relationships, loss of a job, or criminal justice involvement. According to a 2014 meta-analysis of 23 studies, nearly half of people who committed homicides were under the influence of alcohol and 37 percent were intoxicated (Kuhns, Exum, Clodfelter, & Bottia, 2014). Anger, violence, and associated traumatic stress can often correlate with the initiation of drug and alcohol use and can be a consequence of substance use. Individuals who experience traumatic events, for example, may experience anger and act violently, as well as misuse drugs or alcohol.
Book Synopsis Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction by : Richard Rosner
Download or read book Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction written by Richard Rosner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-11-19 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1960, the burden of adolescent illness has shifted from the traditional causes of disease to the more behavior-related problems, such as drinking, smoking and drug abuse (nearly half of American adolescents have used an illicit drug sometime during their life). Instilling in adolescents the knowledge, skills, and values that foster physical and mental health will require substantial changes in the way health professionals work and the way they connect with families, schools, and community organizations. At the same time, the major textbooks on addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry devote relatively little attention to the special problems of diagnosing and treating adolescent addicts. Similarly, the major textbooks on general and child and adolescent psychiatry direct relatively little attention to the issues surrounding adolescent addiction. The Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction is one response to the challenge of meeting the mental health needs and behavior-related problems of addicted teenagers. The work has been edited as an independent project by members of the American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry, the oldest professional organization of psychiatrists devoted solely to the mental health care and treatment of teenagers in the USA. The forensic psychiatry perspective permeates the entire book. It will help to produce health providers with a deep and sensitive understanding of the developmental needs and behavior-related problems of adolescents. The Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction is a practical tool for all those who help adolescents: practitioners of family medicine, general psychiatrists, child/adolescent psychiatrists, adolescent psychiatrists, addiction psychiatrists, non-psychiatric physicians specializing in addiction medicine, forensic psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers, mental health administrators, Court/Probation/ Parole/Correctional health workers. The book is organized in a user-friendly format so that readers can easily locate the chapters that provide the information that is required. In some instances, topics of special importance deliberately have been addressed in more than one chapter, to illuminate the topics from a variety of vantage points. One aim of the editors is to move the topic from being a specialist area to a generalist one by providing tools for generalist to use.
