Addiction Arena

Caregiver Substance Use and Child Trauma

Implications for Social Work Research and Practice

• Edited by Michele Staton-Tindall, Ginny Sprang and Lala Straussner.

Published September 2013

Research has consistently shown that there is a link between caregiver substance use and child maltreatment, but less attention has been given to child trauma exposure. The co-occurrence of caregiver substance misuse and child trauma exposure is a prevailing problem that has confounded social work…
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International Perspectives on Training in Addiction Medicine

• Edited by Paul Haber.

Published June 2013

The use of alcohol, tobacco, pharmaceutical drugs, illicit drugs and other substances are widespread throughout the world and are amongst the leading causes of disability and death. Increasingly, medical approaches of treating these disorders have established themselves as effective interventions…
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Women and Problem Gambling

Therapeutic insights into understanding addiction and treatment

• By Liz Karter.

Published March 2013

Addiction is much misunderstood. Women and addictive gambling even more so, and for many years women have suffered in silence. This book explores how lonely, troubled lives and damaging relationships lead to the trap of problem gambling, the anxiety and chaos whilst locked inside, and then offers…
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Assessing Common Mental Health and Addiction Issues With Free-Access Instruments

• By Katie M. Sandberg, Taryn E. Richards and Bradley T. Erford.

Published March 2013

As healthcare costs rise, so too do the costs of assessment instruments, critical tools for mental health professionals. While some traditional assessment instruments have become prohibitively expensive, as with many other fields, the Internet offers a host of more affordable and equitable…
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Changing Self-Destructive Habits

Pathways to Solutions with Couples and Families

• By Matthew D. Selekman, and Mark Beyebach.

Published March 2013

For the first time in one volume self-harm, substance abuse, eating-disordered behavior, gambling, and Internet and cyber sex abuse—five crippling, self-destructive behaviors—are given a common conceptual framework to help with therapeutic intervention. Matthew Selekman and Mark Beyebach, two…
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Drugs, the Brain, and Behavior

The Pharmacology of Drug Use Disorders

• By John Brick, and Carlton K. Erickson.

Published November 2012

Explore the brain and discover the clinical and pharmacological issues surrounding drug abuse and dependence. The authors, research scientists with years of experience in alcohol and drug studies, provide definitions, historic discoveries about the nervous system, and original, eye-catching…
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Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction

A comprehensive guide for people who struggle with sex addiction and those who want to help them

• By Paula Hall.

Published November 2012

Sex addiction is on the increase - in the media as well as in the therapy room. But while more and more people seek help for their compulsive sexual behaviours, there is still confusion and debate about whether the condition even exists. Understanding and Treating Sex Addiction explains why…
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The Clinical Effectiveness of Neurolinguistic Programming

A Critical Appraisal

• Edited by Lisa Wake, Richard Gray and Frank Bourke.

Published October 2012

Despite widespread use, Neurolinguistic Programming (NLP) is a topic of much debate, often receiving criticism from academic and professional sectors. In this book international academics, researchers and therapists are brought together to examine the current evidence of the clinical efficacy of…
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Routledge International Handbook of Internet Gambling

• Edited by Robert Williams, Robert Wood and Jonathan Parke.

Published June 2012

Internet gambling is a rapidly growing phenomenon, which has profound social, psychological, economic, political, and policy implications. Until recently, Internet gambling has been understudied by the research community, but now a growing body of literature is emerging, on all aspects of Internet…
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Men, Addiction, and Intimacy

Strengthening Recovery by Fostering the Emotional Development of Boys and Men

• By Mark S. Woodford.

Published May 2012

In the substance abuse and addiction treatment realm, males outnumber females two to one. While gender-issues are seen as a key element of women’s treatment, the acknowledgement that males are "gendered beings" who have lived lives full of male-specific developmental challenges is often overlooked.…
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