Concepts of Chemical Dependency

By Harold E. Doweiko

Book Overview

CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY, Ninth Edition, reflects the explosion of information regarding the understanding, identification, and treatment of addictive disorders. Doweiko thoroughly examines of the use and abuse of alcohol, tobacco, barbiturates, amphetamines, cocaine, opiates, and hallucinogens, as well as chemicals frequently left out of other books - such as aerosols, steroids, and over-the-counter analgesics. Studying the concepts taught in this book will provide you with the information needed to help a client overcome substance abuse challenges.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1285455134
• ISBN13: 9781285455136
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 1.0" x 8.0"

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Critique of Concepts of Chemical Dependency by Doweiko

This book gives a solid overview of chemicals of use/abuse, focusing particularly upon alcohol. The one caveat I have about recommending it unconditionally is that the author seems to interweave his bias along with the factual material, such that it is sometimes hard to tease out the actual facts from the propaganda. But the book is user-friendly and, if someone is wanting to get an overall sense of various substances of use/abuse and their effects, this book certainly has much to offer.