INTRODUCTION TO ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS
3rd Edition
Dennis L. Thombs, Ph.D.
Guilford Publications, 2006
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Learn major contemporary perspectives on alcoholism and drug dependence
• Examine the disease models, psychoanalytic formulations, and theories based on conditioning, social learning, family systems and sociology
• Learn recent advances in such areas as behavioral genetics, neuroscience, dual diagnosis and contingency management
• Learn characteristics of the disease model of alcoholism
• Understand the genetic link to addictive behavior
• Learn why psychoanalysis has been criticized as a treatment for chemical dependency
• Understand major limitations of socio-cultural perspectives as applied to substance-abuse prevention programming or treatment planning
• Learn the elements that determine a client’s level of care under the guidelines of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM)
• Learn the treatment for breaking down the substance abuser’s psychological defenses
Dennis L. Thombs, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in the Department of Health Education and Behavior at the University of Florida, and a fellow in the American Academy of Health Behavior.
10 CE credits; 300 pages
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