This book presents the strengths perspective as the unifying framework of the text to bridge the gap between 12-step approaches and harm reduction in addictions treatment. This perspective is applied to the treatment of alcoholism, eating disorders, compulsive gambling, and other addictions. The biopsychosocial framework is the organizing framework for this text. Divided into four parts, Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective is comprised of three core sections that cover the biology, psychology, and social aspects of addiction respectively.

• Offers comprehensive coverage of a range of addictive problems including gambling, alcoholism, eating disorders,cocaine addiction, etc.
• Includes discussion of recent brain research (with illustrations)and pharmacological treatments
• Presents client-centered approaches including the harm reduction model, motivational interviewing
• Provides an analysis of current US drug policies in global context with attention to multicultural and gender/sexual orientation issues
• Describes treatment innovations such as drug courts
• Includes dynamic narratives and lively boxed readings throughout the text
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Dr. Katherine van Wormer has taught in departments of social work and criminal justice at the University of Northern Iowa and has over twenty years of experience in teaching and public service. Dr. van Wormer was actively involved in civil rights movements in North Carolina and Northern Ireland. She has practiced substance abuse counseling for four and a half years, including two in Norway. Dr. van Wormer has been publishing texts, book chapters, and articles for over twenty years. In addition to ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE, she has published INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL WELFARE AND SOCIAL WORK: THE U.S. IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE and seven other books, including two on female offenders and victims and one on the nature of oppression. She has received several honors, including the McKay Faculty Research Award from the University of Northern Iowa.Diane Rae Davis, Ph.D., is a professor in the School of Social Work and Human Services at Eastern Washington University. She teaches a variety of substance misuse and practice courses in the MSW program and has researched and written extensively on addiction and the recovery process. Current research includes an online survey for women in recovery from compulsive gambling.

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