Assessment of Addictive Behaviors

By Dennis M. Donovan

Book Overview

This comprehensive clinical resource and text is grounded in cutting-edge knowledge about the biopsychosocial processes involved in addictive behaviors. Presented are research-based, eminently practical strategies for assessing the treatment needs and ongoing clinical outcomes of individuals who have problems with substance use and nonchemical addictions. From leading contributors, the book shows how to weave assessment through the entire process of care, from the initial screening to intervention, relapse prevention, and posttreatment monitoring.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593856407
• ISBN13: 9781593856403
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

First-Rate Resource for the Chemical Dependency Practioner

Assessment of Addictive Behaviors provides cogent and comprehensive coverage of what is now known to be crucial in understanding and treatment of addiction; namely, assessment of the biological, psychological, and sociocultural contributors to the addictive process. This work offers an integrated biopsychosocial orientation that is as sensitive to the latest areas of addictions that are on the rise (e.g., gambling and sexual risk behavior) as it is to ethnocultural issues. Clinicians, upper-level undergraduate and graduate students, and researchers will find this text to be an invaluable resource in their quest to understand and evaluate the complexities of addictive processes.