Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover (Guilford Substance Abuse)
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| Rating | : | 4.15 (508 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593853440 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 318 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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He thereby offers a comprehensive and fruitful framework to stimulate new professional thought on addiction policy, prevention, research, and treatment."--William R. DiClemente now helps us understand not only how people recover, but also how they develop addiction. Based on the transtheoretical model, the book offers an innovative, integrative approach to understanding addiction and change. His application of the transtheoretical model to complete the cycle of change is both intellectually satisfying and useful in planning and evaluating preventive interventions. This book has deepened my understanding and appreciation of the transtheoretical model, and is sure to have a similar impact on others as well."--David Mee-Lee, MD, Co-Chair, Quality Improvement Council, American Society of Addiction Medicine"T
"Four Stars" according to Melissa. I love the theory but the book can be dry.. How people become addicted; how they recover. This book, based upon the Prochaska and Norcross model of "stages of change" is a vital resource for the chemical dependency/abuse counselor, or anyone else who works with this population.The authors clearly delineate how a person becomes addicted (using the stages of change model- except in reverse), then moving on to the process of recovery.Contrary to an earlier review, I did not find this resource to be "verbose;" rather I thought the presentation. "What causes one person to become an addict and another to avoid it!" according to Barbara S. Reeves. There are many different theories about what causes addiction and how to treat it. However, no single source of influence has been found that can fully explain addiction - not how it starts, or how to treat it. Seven of the more popular models include the Social/Environment models which emphasize the role of peer pressure, social policies, and family systems, the Genetic/Physiological models which examine the role of genes in addiction, Personality/In
DiClemente, codeveloper of the transtheoretical model, this book offers a panoramic view of the entire continuum of addictive behavior change. From Carlo C. Less well known are the processes that drive movement through the stages or how the stages apply to becoming addicted. The stages-of-change model has become widely known as a framework for conceptualizing recovery. The book addresses crucial questions of why, when, and how to intervene to bolster recovery in those already addicted and reach out effectively to people at risk.. The author illuminates the common path that individuals travel as they establish and reinforce new patterns of behavior, whether they are developing an addiction or struggling to free themselves from one, and regardless of the specific addictive behavior