Social Work: Addictions Counseling Program: Addiction Counseling Strategies

Introduces the basic principles of pharmacology and neuroscience of drug abuse.

This comprehensive reference guide describes more than 130 alphabetically arranged drugs of abuse, including both pharmaceutical and natural products.

This book presents an exposition of the pharmacological and psychological effects of nearly every known substance that affects human consciousness, from alcohol to Zopiclone.

This book guides readers through the current research on and policy approaches to substance abuse and provides practical tips for good work practices.

This manual lists competencies for effective supervision in substance use disorder treatment programs.

Essentials of Chemical Dependency Counseling, Third Edition explores the full range of issues that face today's counselors and counselors-in-training.

This book highlights the dilemmas faced in providing comprehensive, integrated care to individuals living with HIV, providing both an understanding of existing efforts to integrate diverse systems of care, as well as insight into ways in which systems of care must be challenged in order to meet the needs of people living with HIV.

The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches.

The experiences of twenty-five people living with HIV in rural eastern North Carolina serve as the foundation of this book, which also draws upon unique HIV/AIDS survey data collected by the authors and statistics from the Southeastern United States.

This Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the theories, methods and approaches for reducing HIV-associated risk behaviors.