Marilyn Freimuth

Hidden Addictions (eBook, PDF)

Assessment Practices for Psychotherapists, Counselors, and Health Care Providers

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Media portrayals and diagnostic criteria convey an image of an addicted person as someone whose deficient coping skills and severely compromised functioning are readily apparent. Yet addictions remain some of the most frequently missed diagnoses in health and mental health care settings. This occurs, in large part, because most people with addictions do not fit the stereotype. In the context of psychotherapy, the typical patient with an addiction will present depression, anxiety, marital problems or a general sense that life is not working. This book addresses how addictions can be recognized more often and accurately assessed in the context of psychotherapy. Along with learning about the standard assessment instruments, the reader is introduced to methods for asking the appropriate questions and listening to the clinical dialogue for signs of a undisclosed addiction. This book provides a great deal of knowledge about addictions and their assessment in a way that is relevant to clinical practice.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780765706737
• Artikelnr.: 43814643

Autorenporträt

Marilyn Freimuth is professor of Clinical Psychology at the Fielding Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California where she specializes in substance abuse diagnosis, addiction treatment and the theory-practice relationship. She also maintains a private practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 What qualifies as an Addiction
Chapter 2 Lessons Learned From a Brief History of Addiction Treatment
Chapter 3 The Need For Addiction Assessment in Health Care Settings
Chapter 4 Impediments to Accurate Addiction Assessment
Chapter 5 Standardized Approaches to Substance Based Addictions Assessment
Chapter 6 Assessment of Process Addictions
Chapter 7 Clinical Interview Based Approaches to Assessment
Chapter 8 Addiction Assessment with Diverse Populations
Chapter 9 The Nature of the Addiction: A Further Source of Camouflage
Chapter 10 Transforming the Assessment Process into Treatment
Chapter 11 Assessing Hidden Addictions in Psychotherapy: Case Illustrations
Chapter 12 Autobiographies of Addiction