Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice 4th Edition

This is a good start up book. I actually bought this book for an introduction to addiction class that I was in but it can take me much further. It not only deals with assessment and treatment but it also introduces some basic knowledge on the different theories of substance abuse and on the major drugs abused.

Substance Abuse Counseling: Theory and Practice covers the most common themes found in the area of addictions. As advertised by the title, it only covers substance abuse based addictions and says nothing about process addictions such as gambling, sex, etc. addictions. The first two chapters in the book focus on the various substance and their categories (i.e. depressants, stimulants, etc.). This could have been condensed into one small chapter, instead the authors chose to give information regarding each drug such as street names, tolerance issues, overdose, etc. The fact is that this information is readily available on the Internet and does not need to be covered in such detail as the book. The third chapter covers etiologies of substance use. The major theories are discussed: moral, disease model, genetic, behavioral, socio-cultural, and an integrated approach. The truth is, there is more theories covering addiction than these ones and they are not covered at all. The ones that are covered are given appropriate depth. The chapter on assessment was particularly rich with information. After this, the rest of the book is acceptable in it's depth and detail.The readability of this book is nothing to shout about, though I have read worse text books. This book was good enough for me to keep it, though it is not one of the top books that is in my collection. I decided to keep it mostly because the content is unique in that there are not very many texts regarding addiction counseling out there that I am aware of.

So far, this book is informative and I like it, though the stats can be dull reading at times. Stats are,for me, somewhat of an intruption in the narrative, and should be in a separate section. Otherwise, well worth the price.

This book is very good-very informative and the theories were new to me.I purchased this book through Amazon.com I got it through a cheaper bookseller from their company because it was not new. It was in great condition when it arrived.

I hope there is a newer edition by now - the book was helpful but I am sure since I read this book there have been changes made and gains in the field made …

The reader is able to identify drugs, their affects and interventions. I still use it as a reference but I would like to see an updated version.

It is the wrong book for my class. Yesterday I discovered that this is the same name of another book by different authors. So I am going to need to obtain the other book. The book has plenty of good information It has just stress me because I have not been able to answers all the questions that was presented from the class I am taking

Satisfied with this producuct

fast delivery this will help with my courses