Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions (International Research Monographs in the Addictions) - Hardcover

Humphreys, Keith

 
9780521792776: Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions (International Research Monographs in the Addictions)

Synopsis

Self-help organizations across the world have attracted millions of individuals seeking to address addiction problems with drugs or alcohol. This book provides an integrative, international review of research that focuses on how these organizations affect individual members and whether self-help groups and formal health care systems can work together to combat substance abuse. In addition, it offers practical strategies for individual clinicians and treatment systems on how to interact with self-help organizations.

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Book Description

Self-help organizations across the world have attracted tens of millions of individuals seeking to address addiction problems with drugs or alcohol. For the first time, this book provides an integrative, international review of research on these organizations, focusing on efficacy, how they affect individual members and whether self-help groups and formal health care systems can work together to combat substance abuse. In addition, it provides practical strategies for how individual clinicians and treatment systems can interact with self-help organizations in a way that improves outcomes for patients.

About the Author

DOB: April 11, 1966. Professor Humphreys has published more than 100 scientific articles, has received national and international awards for his work, and has served on expert consultant panels for The Center for Mental Health Services, The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, The Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research, The Department of Veterans' Affairs, and The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. He has also served as a consultant on mental health related issues to agencies in other nations, including Spain, Canada, Ireland and post-apartheid South Africa. From March through June of 2002, he was on sabbatical at The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, where he worked on policies concerning drug treatment, prevention and education.

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9780521176378: Circles of Recovery: Self-Help Organizations for Addictions (International Research Monographs in the Addictions)

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ISBN 10:  0521176379 ISBN 13:  9780521176378
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011
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