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Substance Use Problems, Paperback / softback Book

Substance Use Problems Paperback / softback

Part of the Advances in Psychotherapy: Evidence Based Practice series

Paperback / softback

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A fully updated new edition of the popular text that separates the facts from the myths about drug and substance use and provides practical, evidence-based guidance on dealing with them.The literature on diagnosis and treatment of drug and substance abuse is filled with successful, empirically based approaches, but also with controversy and hearsay.

Health professionals in a range of settings are bound to meet clients with troubles related to drugs - and this text helps them separate the myths from the facts.

It provides trainees and professionals with a handy, concise guide for helping problem drug users build enjoyable, multifaceted lives using approaches based on decades of research.

Readers will improve their intuitions and clinical skills by adding an overarching understanding of drug use and the development of problems that translates into appropriate techniques for encouraging clients to change behavior themselves.

This highly readable text explains not only what to do, but when and how to do it.

Seasoned experts and those new to the field will welcome the chance to review the latest developments in guiding self-change for this intriguing, prevalent set of problems.

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