Understanding Addiction as Self Medication: Finding Hope Behind the Pain
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (625 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0742561372 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 192 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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Too often addiction is perceived to be merely a moral weakness or purely a brain disease, ignoring the deep personal pain that can permeate the lives of the addicted. This book provides a much-needed guide to both understanding addictions and working towards healing.. Understanding Addiction as Self Medication looks at a range of addictions, including alcohol and substance abuse, and clearly explains how to understand other addictive behaviors through the lens of the Self Medication Hypothesis. Addictive behaviors beg for an informed explanation to guide patients, families, students, and clinicians through the maddening and often incomprehensible nature of the addictions. Khantzian and Mark J. Doctors Edward J. Albanese, leading researchers in the field of addiction, see addictions primarily as a kind of self medicationa self medication that can temporarily soothe anxiety or pain, but that ultimately wreaks havoc on the lives and health of both the addicted and their loved ones.With practical advice, compelling case studies, and nuanced theory drawn from their yea
Albanese, MD, is director of Addictions Treatment Services at Cambridge Health Alliance and assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Edward J. . Khantzian, MD, is clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and associate chief of psychiatry at Tewksbury Hospital, Tewksbury, MA.Mark J
This blessedly brief and un-confusing volume, a tour de force that is original, useful, and wise. Feigelman CHOICE, April 2009)Understanding Addiction as Self-Medication is a worthwhile addition to the reading lists of counselors at all levels of experience.Understanding Addiction as Self-Medication pulls together a credible, non-judgmental theory of addiction. These two doctors, who have given their professional lives to understanding and helping those who are affected by addictions, now give to the world a consummate gift: what they know. Doctors Khantzian and Albanese wrote this book directly from their experience with patients, as well as their close involvement with vast research. (Kathleen T. (Edward Hallowell, MD, author of Driven to Distraction)Understanding Addiction as Self Medication provides a clear explanation of the reasons behind many addictions, emphasizing the pain experienced
"A simple, elegant hypothesis" according to Insight Counseling. I have been a practicing psychotherapist for over 20 years and I have had the privledge to know Dr. Khantzian and Dr. Albanese personally and to read their separate works. With that bias being disclosed, I highly recommend this book for anyone intersted in understanding . Great Book This book is easy to understand, and It helps me with my substance abuse psychology course Im doing.The chapters are short and they get to the point, in a simple understandable way. Doctoad said Provides some understanding for substance use. This book helps me to understand why some people use alcohol.