Published April, 2010
By Robert Hill, Christine A. Padesky, Luke Mitcheson, Jenny Maslin, Tim Meynen, Shamil Wanigaratne, Tamara Morrison and L Mitcheson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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This new book offers professionals a practical guide to the psychological treatment of all substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, stimulant drugs, cannabis and opiates. It focuses on CBT interventions, which have the strongest evidence base for effectiveness in treating addictive disorders.

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Published April, 2010
By Robert Hill, Christine A. Padesky, Luke Mitcheson, Jenny Maslin, Tim Meynen, Shamil Wanigaratne, Tamara Morrison and L Mitcheson
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (John Wiley & Sons Inc)
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This new book offers professionals a practical guide to the psychological treatment of all substance abuse, including tobacco, alcohol, stimulant drugs, cannabis and opiates. It focuses on CBT interventions, which have the strongest evidence base for effectiveness in treating addictive disorders.

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Published April, 2010
By Cynthia M. Kuhn, George F. Koob, Miguel A.L. Nicolelis, Sidney A. Simon and Cynthia Kuhn
Publisher: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press Inc)
Series: Frontiers in Neuroscience
Rating: 3.00
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Featuring contributions from leading experts, this book presents an overview of various approaches used to investigate the biologic mechanisms of drug addiction. It includes the behavioral strategies and characteristics of addiction as well as the mechanistic approaches to understanding the underlying neurobiology.

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Published April, 2010
By John Strang, Peter M. Miller, Peter G. Miller and P Miller
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd))
Series: Addiction Press
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Addiction Research Methods is a comprehensive handbook forhealth professionals, policy-makers and researchers working andtraining in the field of addiction. The book provides a clear, comprehensive and practical guide toresearch design, methods and analysis within the context of thefield of alcohol and other drugs.

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Published March, 2010
By Adam J. Gordon and Adam Gordon
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
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A comprehensive and critical review of recent literature regarding the relationships between physical illness and drugs of abuse, describing the association between each of the principal classes of illicit drugs (cocaine, marijuana, opioids, and common hallucinogens and stimulants) and the major categories of physical illness.

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Published March, 2010
By Bruce Alexander and Bruce K. Alexander
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Addiction is increasing all around the world, and the conventional remedies don't work. The Globalization of Addiction argues that the cause of this failure to control addiction is that past treatments have focused too single-mindedly on the afflicted individual addict. This book presents a radical rethink about the nature of addiction.

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Published February, 2010
By Hamid Ghodse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Rating: 1.00
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Now in its fourth edition, this classic text provides a comprehensive overview of substance misuse and dependence, with an emphasis on practical approaches to the assessment and management of a wide range of drug-related problems. This book is relevant to medical students, nurses, psychiatrists, physicians and public health specialists.

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Published February, 2010
By Hamid Ghodse
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Rating: 1.00
Availability: Available

Now in its fourth edition, this classic text provides a comprehensive overview of substance misuse and dependence, with an emphasis on practical approaches to the assessment and management of a wide range of drug-related problems. This book is relevant to medical students, nurses, psychiatrists, physicians and public health specialists.

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Published February, 2010
By David Nutt, Trevor Robbins, Barry Everitt and Barry J. Everitt
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Rating: 1.00
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In the past two decades, there have been astonishing advances in our understanding of the neurobiological basis and nature of drug addiction. This book presents the latest developments in our knowledge of the brain bases and extent of addiction - in both illegal and legal drugs, as well as its causes, consequences, and treatment.

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Published December, 2009
By Roger Roffman, Robert S. Stephens, G. Alan Marlatt and G.Alan Marlatt
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions
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Cannabis dependence is controversial. Does it occur? What are the signs? How many people are affected? What are the health risks? Are there effective interventions? Have they been tested on adults and adolescents? Should we legalise, regulate or prohibit? This state-of-the-science review sets out to answer all those questions.

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