Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder: Psychotherapy and Assessment Strategies

By Bruce Carruth, Gary G. Forrest, Gary G Forrest

Book Overview

Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder gives you the information and clinical skills necessary to assess and evaluate persons suffering from substance abuse and/or antisocial personality disorders and details how you can develop effective psychotherapy and treatment strategies. From its helpful pages that contain diagnostic criteria and clinical interviewing and assessment guidelines, you learn to accurately diagnose substance use and antisocial personality disorders. The book also provides you with the historical and clinical perspectives of such disorders and their epidemiology and etiology to give you a thorough background and understanding of the subject. Case studies and therapy vignettes are included to provide you with actual clinical examples to illustrate concepts and ideas.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1560243082
• ISBN13: 9781560243083
• Release Date: February 1994
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 8.4"