Treating Addiction: Beyond the Pain

by Edward J. Khantzian

Book Overview

In Treating Addiction: Beyond the Pain, Edward Khantzian offers a collection of his recent works on the study and treatment of substance abuse and addiction. Based on his five decades of experience in working with substance dependent individuals, this volume builds upon Khantzian's theory of addiction as self-medication and provides insights into how addiction is rooted in human psychological suffering, and not pleasure seeking or self-destruction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538108585
• ISBN13: 9781538108581
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 292 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"