Behavioral couples therapy for alcoholism and drug abuse.9781593853242 Behavioral couples therapy for alcoholism alcoholism, disease characterized by impaired control over the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Alcoholism is a serious problem worldwide; in the United States the wide availability of alcoholic beverages makes alcohol the most accessible drug, and alcoholism is and drug abuse. O'Farrell, Timothy J. and William Fals-Stewart. Guilford Pr. 2006 436 pages $38.00 Paperback RC565 O'Farrell (psychology, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School (HMS) is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. It is a prestigious American medical school located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. ) and Fals-Stewart, a clinical psychologist, present a guide for counselors treating people with alcoholism and drug abuse problems who are in therapy with their spouses or partners. Although recognized as an effective type of treatment by researchers, behavioral couples therapy for these problems is still not widely used by practitioners, and the authors strive to rectify rec·ti·fy v. 1. To set right; correct. 2. To refine or purify, especially by distillation. that fact. They provide case examples, a session-by-session treatment manual, and reproducible re·pro·duce v. re·pro·duced, re·pro·duc·ing, re·pro·duc·es v.tr. 1. To produce a counterpart, image, or copy of. 2. Biology To generate (offspring) by sexual or asexual means. forms. Combining the therapy with parent training, partner violence prevention, and HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. risk reduction is also explained. The guide is compatible with 12-step programs and other types of counseling. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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