Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders (Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health)

The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to guide the reader through the entire continuum of addiction care and present the latest scientific understanding of substance use and abuse. This comprehensive, informative reference provides a complete overview of diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about chemical addictions. Both biomedical and psychiatric conditions and complications are thoroughly covered. Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health series, Substance Use Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes: Vignettes and case illustrations A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, or patients In addition to the fundamentals of chemical addictions and treatment, Substance Use Disorders covers some of the most cutting-edge topics in the field, including innovative treatment approaches, outcome demands, brain science, relapse-prevention strategies, designer drugs, spirituality, and other areas. This straightforward resource is admirably suited for a wide variety of readers, from those in the helping professions, to law enforcement personnel, to recommended reading for clients currently in treatment. The new, quick reference for understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder uses clear, highly accessible language to comprehensively guide the reader through posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related issues. This concise, informative reference provides a complete overview of the history of the field, diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about PTSD. Examining both theory and practice, the text offers a multifaceted look at the disorder, outlining biological, cognitive, psychosocial, psychodynamic, integrated, and other relevant approaches.

Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes:

• Vignettes and case illustrations
• A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory
• Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, or patients

In addition to the fundamentals of treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder covers some of today's most important and cutting-edge issues in the field, such as war and terrorism; PTSD in children, adolescents, and families; professional and ethical issues; and relevant positive psychological findings. This straightforward resource is admirably suited for a wide variety of readers including students and practicing mental health professionals, as well as first responders, military personnel, and other individuals that regularly deal with traumatic situations and their aftermath.

The new quick reference for understanding anxiety disorders

The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to comprehensively guide the reader through the most frequently diagnosed mental health problem-anxiety-and its related issues. This concise, informative reference provides a complete history of the field, conceptualization, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, cutting-edge research, and other critical information.

Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Anxiety Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes:

• Vignettes and case illustrations
• A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory
• Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, and patients

After discussing the conceptualization and assessment of anxiety disorders, Anxiety Disorders covers treatment with sections on client psychoeducation, cognitive tools, in vivo and imaginal exposure, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, and termination and relapse prevention. Additional issues covered include other treatment approaches; working with children and adolescents; working in group, family, and couples therapy settings; supervision; and concerns and challenges for the clinician. Useful to practitioners as an on-the-shelf resource and to students as a complete overview, the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders provides a complete and quick reference for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders.

Publisher's description: The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to comprehensively guide the reader through the most frequently diagnosed mental health problem-anxiety-and its related issues. This concise, informative reference provides a complete history of the field, conceptualization, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, cutting-edge research, and other critical information. Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Anxiety Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes: Vignettes and case illustrations A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, and patients After discussing the conceptualization and assessment of anxiety disorders, Anxiety Disorders covers treatment with sections on client psychoeducation, cognitive tools, in vivo and imaginal exposure, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) techniques, and termination and relapse prevention. Additional issues covered include other treatment approaches; working with children and adolescents; working in group, family, and couples therapy settings; supervision; and concerns and challenges for the clinician. Useful to practitioners as an on-the-shelf resource and to students as a complete overview, the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Anxiety Disorders provides a complete and quick reference for the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety disorders The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to guide the reader through the entire continuum of addiction care and present the latest scientific understanding of substance use and abuse. This comprehensive, informative reference provides a complete overview of diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about chemical addictions. Both biomedical and psychiatric conditions and complications are thoroughly covered.

Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health series, Substance Use Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes:

• Vignettes and case illustrations
• A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory
• Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, or patients

In addition to the fundamentals of chemical addictions and treatment, Substance Use Disorders covers some of the most cutting-edge topics in the field, including innovative treatment approaches, outcome demands, brain science, relapse-prevention strategies, designer drugs, spirituality, and other areas. This straightforward resource is admirably suited for a wide variety of readers, from those in the helping professions, to law enforcement personnel, to recommended reading for clients currently in treatment.

The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to guide the reader through the entire continuum of addiction care and present the latest scientific understanding of substance use and abuse. This comprehensive, informative reference provides a complete overview of diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about chemical addictions. Both biomedical and psychiatric conditions and complications are thoroughly covered.

Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health series, Substance Use Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes:

• Vignettes and case illustrations
• A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory
• Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, or patients

In addition to the fundamentals of chemical addictions and treatment, Substance Use Disorders covers some of the most cutting-edge topics in the field, including innovative treatment approaches, outcome demands, brain science, relapse-prevention strategies, designer drugs, spirituality, and other areas. This straightforward resource is admirably suited for a wide variety of readers, from those in the helping professions, to law enforcement personnel, to recommended reading for clients currently in treatment.

Introduction to book Theoretical and empirical foundations for working With PTSD Introduction to PTSD Theories of stress and coping The biopsychosocial effects of trauma Exposure to trauma and risk for PTSD Cognitive and behavioral theories and models of PTSD Biological theories and models of PTSD Psychosocial, psychodynamic, and integrated theories and models of PTSD Other trauma-related disorders and complications Cross-cultural issues and international perspectives Evaluating, assessing, and treating PTSD Clinical evaluation and assessment of PTSD Introduction and overview of treatment Cognitive and behavioral treatments Psychodynamic treatments Pharmacological treatments Integrated and other treatments Crisis intervention, debriefing, and prevention Specific therapies for specific traumas and adjunctive treatments Special sections Future research directions and the cutting edge Professional issues: ethics, risk-management, and self-care PTSD in children, adolescents, and families War, terrorism, torture and ptsd Resilience, recovery, and hope Appendices Appendix A - professional resources Appendix B - patient resources. Chapter 6: Biomedical Conditions, Medications, and Genetic Factors Chapter 7: Coexisting Mental Disorders Chapter 8: Recovery and the Living Environment Chapter 9: Spirituality: The Neglected Dimension.;Chapter 3: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning Chapter 4: Levels of Care: What Happens Where? Chapter 5: Acute Intoxication and Withdrawal Potential.;CONTENTS SERIES PREFACE PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS Chapter 1: Substance Use Disorders: Definitions, Treatment, and Misconceptions Chapter 2: Understanding Mood-Altering Substances.;Chapter 10: Initiating Commitment: Structured Intervention Strategies Chapter 11: Behavioral Change: Developing Essential Counseling Skills.;The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Substance Use Disorders uses clear, highly accessible language to guide the reader through the entire continuum of addiction care and present the latest scientific understanding of substance use and abuse. CONTENTS SERIES PREFACE PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHORS Chapter 1: Substance Use Disorders: Definitions, Treatment, and Misconceptions Chapter 2: Understanding Mood-Altering Substances. Chapter 3: Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment Planning Chapter 4: Levels of Care: What Happens Where? Chapter 5: Acute Intoxication and Withdrawal Potential. Chapter 6: Biomedical Conditions, Medications, and Genetic Factors Chapter 7: Coexisting Mental Disorders Chapter 8: Recovery and the Living Environment Chapter 9: Spirituality: The Neglected Dimension. Chapter 10: Initiating Commitment: Structured Intervention Strategies Chapter 11: Behavioral Change: Developing Essential Counseling Skills. Overview of the anxiety disorders CBT for the anxiety disorders : description and research findings Assessment of the anxiety disorders Case conceptualization and treatment planning Client psychoeducation Cognitive tools In vivo exposure Imaginal exposure Other CBT techniques Termination and relapse prevention Additional treatment approaches Treating children and adolescents with anxiety disorders Consultation and collaboration with multidisciplinary professionals Group, family, and couples therapy Supervision Clinician's top 10 concerns and challenges with treating anxiety Substance use disorders : definitions, treatment, and misconceptions Understanding mood-altering substances Assessment, diagnosis, and treatment planning Levels of care : what happens where? Acute intoxication and withdrawal potential Biomedical conditions, medications, and genetic factors Coexisting mental disorders Recovery and the living environment Spirituality : the neglected dimension Initiating commitment : structured intervention strategies Behavioral change : developing essential counseling skills Maintaining commitment : relapse prevention therapy. This book provides the equivalent to a full semester course in understanding and treating chemical addictions. Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, the guide to substance use disorders features tools to make study and review easy, including an FAQ guide, vignettes and case illustrations, "Quick Tabs," "Quick Facts," "Clinical Alerts," and a Self-Test Proficiency Check. (Publisher) Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Anxiety Disorders features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes: vignettes and case illustrations; a practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory; resources for specific readers such as clinicians, patients, and family members.