Inside Rehab: The Surprising Truth About Addiction Treatment--and How to Get Help That Works

By Anne M. Fletcher

Book Overview

An essential guide to finding the right recovery program from the New York Times- bestselling author of Sober for Good Drawing on extensive research, including visits to fifteen addiction treatment programs and interviews with more than two hundred clients and professionals in the field, trusted health and medical writer Anne M. Fletcher offers indispensable advice for people seeking quality care for themselves or a loved one. She reveals the ways in which our addiction treatment industry is broken, highlights what is working, and shares insights about how the experience could be more effective. Fletcher sheds light on the science-based practices that should form the basis of treatment, spotlights programs and professionals using those practices, and provides a much-needed guide to different types of treatment and finding quality care when it's needed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143124366
• ISBN13: 9780143124368
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.6" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher