Behind Shoplifting and Other Self-Defeating Behaviors
Author: Peter Berlin
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
ISBN:
Category: Self-Help
Page: 159
View: 577
The HIDDEN ADDICTION Behind Shoplifting and Other Self-defeating Behaviors is based on the premise that people don’t want to make their life any harder than it is and that when they are shown who they really are as individuals and how to easily change their thinking and beliefs which are false or self-destructive, they can be guided to significantly alter their life solely on their own steam. The goal is to strengthen people to be who they want to be by presenting core issues in life rarely taught at home or in school in this practical and unique manner.
Assessment Practices for Psychotherapists, Counselors, and Health Care Providers
Author: Marilyn Freimuth
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN:
Category: Psychology
Page: 288
View: 313
Media portrayals and diagnostic criteria convey an image of an addicted person as someone whose deficient coping skills and severely compromised functioning are readily apparent. Yet addictions remain some of the most frequently missed diagnoses in health and mental health care settings. This occurs, in large part, because most people with addictions do not fit the stereotype. In the context of psychotherapy, the typical patient with an addiction will present depression, anxiety, marital problems or a general sense that life is not working. This book addresses how addictions can be recognized more often and accurately assessed in the context of psychotherapy. Along with learning about the standard assessment instruments, the reader is introduced to methods for asking the appropriate questions and listening to the clinical dialogue for signs of a undisclosed addiction. This book provides a great deal of knowledge about addictions and their assessment in a way that is relevant to clinical practice.
The startling news of the Hidden Addiction is that all addictions are rooted in the same genetic flaw in your body. Dr. Phelps explains that addiction does not result primarily from emotional stress, lack of willpower, or some other psychological factor. It is a concrete physiological condition that can be addressed, and a detailed treatment program is provided in this book.
Youth gambling represents a potentially serious public policy and health issue. Nevertheless, the rise in youth gambling issues and problems in the global context is not matched with a parallel increase in research on adolescent gambling. As such, there is an urgent need to conduct more studies on adolescent gambling behaviour. Recently significant advances in the knowledge of the risk factors associated with adolescent problems has emerged. This book addresses issues related to prevalence, assessment, prevention and treatment of youth gambling problems as well as concerns related to technological changes associated with youth problem gambling.
Examines the properties and physiological and psychological effects of alcohol, the causes and progress of alcoholism, and programs of care and rehabilitation
In this new book, Bo shares the steps he took to deal with his addictions and his path to healing that enabled him to fulfill his mandate to preach the Gospel to thousands. It reveals the seven powerful secrets that can set addicts free – and give the power to reclaim their life and fulfill their dreams.
In Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs, you’ll find that beneath the gruesome, more public face of illegal drug abuse lies another less hideous, but just as destructive, layer of addiction--the addiction to prescribed drugs. In this revealing study, you’ll learn how you can confront the hidden malady of legal drug dependency in individuals and ultimately break its chokehold on a world already ravaged by complacency and social-systemic dysfunction. The only book of its kind, Hidden Addictions is a concise, readable pastoral perspective on the creeping epidemic of legal drug abuse. Its illuminating case vignettes show you the social roots of addiction and give you the spiritual and religious resources necessary to put you and your loved ones on the road to holistic recovery. Specifically, you’ll read about: groups most at risk--girls, young women, and older women types of drugs, including tranquilizers, sedatives, antidepressants, and painkillers over-the-counter drugs and look-alike drugs women and the pharmaceutical industry recovery methods, including detoxification, family therapy, and couple counseling spiritual resources and systemic reform In a society already addicted to power, pleasure, and possession, you don’t always see the “warning buttons” being pushed. But this book shows that you can turn back the quiet tide of spiritual sickness and psychochemical dependency that’s sweeping the globe. So whether you’re a pastor whose congregation is suffering, a social worker administering to addicted clientele, or a campus minister, Hidden Addictions will give you the pragmatism and awareness you need to heal the wounded soul.
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This book is for Sarah my neice who took her own life earlier this month. Sarah you were a gem, courage beyond your years, a sinning star, You could not be silenced you walked in truth your concern and love for your siblings, A wonderful mother to your beautiful daughter, the love of your life. Sarah you were like a beautiful flower, strong but fragile against a gale of lies aimed at your person, I remember your long legs wrapped beneeth your body,coal black eyes nestling under high proud cheek bones.A loving caring heart as wide as the river Foyle reaching out to help those that needed you most. Your dreams, and goals placed on hold as you struggled to be a mother, sister, daughter,and friend to your sibblings. proud as a mule,tidy as a church mouse,fluffed up cushions your trade mark. a smile that lit up a room, a wonderful human being, unplaceable, always in my heart.
In Hidden Addictions: A Pastoral Response to the Abuse of Legal Drugs, you¿ll find that beneath the gruesome, more public face of illegal drug abuse lies another less hideous, but just as destructive, layer of addiction--the addiction to prescribed drugs. In this revealing study, you¿ll learn how you can confront the hidden malady of legal drug dependency in individuals and ultimately break its chokehold on a world already ravaged by complacency and social-systemic dysfunction. The only book of its kind, Hidden Addictions is a concise, readable pastoral perspective on the creeping epidemic of legal drug abuse. Its illuminating case vignettes show you the social roots of addiction and give you the spiritual and religious resources necessary to put you and your loved ones on the road to holistic recovery. Specifically, you¿ll read about: groups most at risk--girls, young women, and older women types of drugs, including tranquilizers, sedatives, antidepressants, and painkillers over-the-counter drugs and look-alike drugs women and the pharmaceutical industry recovery methods, including detoxification, family therapy, and couple counseling spiritual resources and systemic reform In a society already addicted to power, pleasure, and possession, you don¿t always see the "warning buttons" being pushed. But this book shows that you can turn back the quiet tide of spiritual sickness and psychochemical dependency that¿s sweeping the globe. So whether you¿re a pastor whose congregation is suffering, a social worker administering to addicted clientele, or a campus minister, Hidden Addictions will give you the pragmatism and awareness you need to heal the wounded soul.
This referral directory gives the user immediate access to essential, up-to-date Christian counseling resources. It is organized alphabetically under 46 general topics that encompass counseling issues, professional issues, and educational issues.
Presenting addiction as a universal experience, Dr. Bucklew invites us not to stigmatize or narrowly define it. Whether we turn to heroin, food, or compulsive thought, at the heart of all addiction lies the same dynamic: an unseen resistance to our present moment experience. The Hidden Gifts of Addiction draws our deeper wisdom to the surface. Instead of trading one addiction for another, you will discover a way of living that is freeing and life-affirming, even amid craving and challenge.
Big Pharma and the Hidden History of Addiction in America
Author: David Herzberg
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN:
Category: Medical
Page: 400
View: 556
The contemporary opioid crisis is widely seen as new and unprecedented. Not so. It is merely the latest in a long series of drug crises stretching back over a century. In White Market Drugs, David Herzberg explores these crises and the drugs that fueled them, from Bayer’s Heroin to Purdue’s OxyContin and all the drugs in between: barbiturate “goof balls,” amphetamine “thrill pills,” the “love drug” Quaalude, and more. As Herzberg argues, the vast majority of American experiences with drugs and addiction have taken place within what he calls “white markets,” where legal drugs called medicines are sold to a largely white clientele. These markets are widely acknowledged but no one has explained how they became so central to the medical system in a nation famous for its “drug wars”—until now. Drawing from federal, state, industry, and medical archives alongside a wealth of published sources, Herzberg re-connects America’s divided drug history, telling the whole story for the first time. He reveals that the driving question for policymakers has never been how to prohibit the use of addictive drugs, but how to ensure their availability in medical contexts, where profitability often outweighs public safety. Access to white markets was thus a double-edged sword for socially privileged consumers, even as communities of color faced exclusion and punitive drug prohibition. To counter this no-win setup, Herzberg advocates for a consumer protection approach that robustly regulates all drug markets to minimize risks while maintaining safe, reliable access (and treatment) for people with addiction. Accomplishing this requires rethinking a drug/medicine divide born a century ago that, unlike most policies of that racially segregated era, has somehow survived relatively unscathed into the twenty-first century. By showing how the twenty-first-century opioid crisis is only the most recent in a long history of similar crises of addiction to pharmaceuticals, Herzberg forces us to rethink our most basic ideas about drug policy and addiction itself—ideas that have been failing us catastrophically for over a century.
Inside the Mind of a Gambler offers a fascinating insight into the mind of a gambler and why they do what they do. This is in the form of a case study of a man called Guy and goes in depth into his gambling addiction. The book is split into the case study of a pathological gambler who hit the depths of despair and came back to lead a gambling-free life, and then the book looks at the psychological side of the gambler. There is the advice from Guy himself, psychological strategist and a leading psychiatrist on how to quit.
Recovering addicts and treatment professionals, including a physician and registered nurse, share their perspectives on an addiction that is often underreported and overlooked, especially among older adults. In part 1, the viewer learns about effects of combining alcohol with medication. In part 2, the challenges and joys of recovery are explored.