Promoting Self-Change From Addictive Behaviors Practical Implications for Policy, Prevention, and Treatment /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Klingemann, Harald (Editor), Sobell, Linda Carter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Psychiatry.; Epidemiology.; Clinical psychology.; Health psychology.; Health Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.

Many are addicted. Few are treated. Yet many who are not treated recover. Promoting Self-Change from Addictive Behaviors examines natural recovery as a clinical phenomenon, a field of inquiry, and a vital component of therapy. It also brings clinicians and counselors to a new understanding of addict...

Table of Contents:

• The Phenomenon of Self-Change: Overview and Key Issues
• Self-Change from Alcohol and Drug Abuse: Often-Cited Classics
• Natural Recovery or Recovery without Treatment from Alcohol and Drug Problems as Seen from Survey Data
• Remission without Formal Help: New Directions in Studies Using Survey Data
• Natural Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Problems: A Methodological Review of the Literature from 1999 through 2005
• Self-Change in a Broader Context: Beyond Alcohol and Drugs
• One Way to Leave Your Lover: The Role of Treatment in Changing Addictive Behaviors
• Promoting Self-Change: Taking the Treatment to the Community
• Hostile and Favorable Societal Climates for Self-Change: Some Lessons for Policymakers
• Natural Recovery: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
• Self-Change Toolbox: Tools, Tips, Websites, and Other Informational Resources for Assessing and Promoting Self-Change.