Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder

Psychotherapy and Assessment Strategies

Bruce Carruth, Gary G Forrest (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

392 Seiten

1996
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-56024-991-7 (ISBN)

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Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder gives you the information and clinical skills necessary to assess and evaluate persons suffering from substance abuse and/or antisocial personality disorders and details how you can develop effective psychotherapy and treatment strategies. From its helpful pages that contain diagnostic criteria and clinical interviewing and assessment guidelines, you learn to accurately diagnose substance use and antisocial personality disorders. The book also provides you with the historical and clinical perspectives of such disorders and their epidemiology and etiology to give you a thorough background and understanding of the subject. Case studies and therapy vignettes are included to provide you with actual clinical examples to illustrate concepts and ideas. You will appreciate the book’s in-depth discussions of treatment strategies that can greatly enhance your effectiveness. You’ll find this volume is an invaluable research resource for refreshing your approaches for helping persons with substance abuse and antisocial personality disorders.Much of the content of Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder is based on the author’s two decades of experience working with patients suffering from substance use and antisocial personality disorders. Some topics addressed include:

accurate differential diagnosis
resistance
the use of structure in treatment
therapist-patient relationship dynamics
treatment outcome effectiveness, relapse, and recovery. Alcohol/drug counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and corrections, probation, and parole officers who want to be more effective in their work with chemically dependent and antisocial clients will find this a practical, helpful, and informative guide. This enlightening book examines many of the most difficult and clinically problematic issues that are associated with the psychotherapy and rehabilitation of chemically dependent and/or antisocial patients. Much of the content of Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder is based on the author’s two decades of experience working with patients suffering from substance use and antisocial personality disorders. Some topics addressed include accurate differential diagnosis, resistance, the use of structure in treatment, therapist-patient relationship dynamics, and treatment outcome effectiveness, relapse, and recovery. Alcohol/drug counselors, psychiatrists, psychologists, and corrections, probation, and parole officers who want to be more effective in their work with chemically dependent and antisocial clients will find this a practical, helpful, and informative guide.

Bruce Carruth, Gary G Forrest

Contents
Foreword

Section One. Epidemiology, Etiology, and Differential Diagnosis
Introduction
Historical Perspective: Chemical Dependency and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Epidemiology of Substance Use Disorders and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Etiology of Substance Use Disorders and Antisocial Personality Disorder
Differential Diagnosis of Substance Use Disorders, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Related Personality Disorders
Conclusion to Section One
Section Two. Psychotherapy and Rehabilitation
Treatment Implications: Introduction and Overview
Dual Diagnosis Dilemmas: Treatment of Chemically Dependent Patients With Concurrent Antisocial Personality Disorder
Uses of Structure in the Treatment of Chemically Dependent Patients With Impulse Control Problems
Treatment of Chemically Dependent Offenders in Correctional Settings
Therapist-Patient Relationship Dynamics
Psychotherapy and Assessment of the Dangerous Patient
Treatment Outcome Effectiveness, Relapse, and Recovery
Conclusion to Section Two
Bibliography
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.6.1996
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 216 mm
Gewicht	730 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Persönlichkeitsstörungen
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
ISBN-10	1-56024-991-9 / 1560249919
ISBN-13	978-1-56024-991-7 / 9781560249917
Zustand	Neuware