[Ebook PDF] Substance Use Counseling: Theory and Practice (The Merrill Counseling Series), 6th Edition

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[Ebook PDF] Substance Use Counseling: Theory and Practice (The Merrill Counseling Series), 6th Edition

Author: Patricia Stevens (Author), Robert L. Smith (Author)

In this widely popular guide, future and practicing clinicians and counselors get a sound base of knowledge about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) and practical help for working with clients who are misusing or abusing these drugs. Now updated to cover the changing substance abuse problems in our nation and around the world, Substance Abuse Counseling, 6/eby Stevens and Smith includes informative case studies and includes individual chapters on special populations and the health disparities related to substance abuse among minorities.

Preface
Welcome to the sixth edition of our book. The authors are both proud and delighted to bring you this new edition in a new format with significantly updated and new content. This edition is different in many ways. It has been significantly updated to reflect the changes in the DSM-5 related to the criteria for assessment and diagnosis of substance use disorders. These changes required a complete revision of all terminology within the book to coordinate with the new diagnostic criteria. This edition also addresses the changing face of substance use in our country— from the different demographics of substance users to the substances themselves and how they are used. New effective treatment assessments, methods, and settings are included to assure the student’s knowledge of current practice in the field.
There are drugs available and regularly used today that were not even known when we wrote the first edition of this book, and the field of substance use counseling has shifted in response to these changes. Now there are designer drugs—synthetic drugs. Marijuana has been legalized in some states for both medical and recreational use. Synthesized marijuana is now being produced, and it is lethal. Prescription drug use among adolescents has skyrocketed. Meth production is at a pandemic level. Administration of a drug to another person without their consent is becoming more common. In this book, new information has been added and updated information and research references have been included to address these facts. With the addition of gambling as an addiction in the DSM-5 and the prevalence of other dysfunctional behaviors in today’s society, the authors felt it was necessary to educate students and clinicians on these behaviors so a chapter has been included on behavioral addictions. New chapter cases in each chapter provide the student with additional critical thinking exercises related to that chapter topic. At the end of Chapters 1 through 13, MyCounselingLab activities allow students to see key concepts demonstrated through video clips, practice what they learn, test their understanding, and receive feedback to guide their learning and ensure that they master key learning outcomes and professional standards.
In the first edition we stated that our goal was to develop a text that was helpful for the general clinician as well as for students in beginning substance use courses, and this goal remains the same. The book is intended to be an adjunct to, not a replacement for, counseling theory and techniques, public policy, and school-specific books and coursework. The text provides you with information specific to the substance use field that must then be integrated with your other counseling knowledge.
As we originally intended, the book is designed to take the reader/student through the process of working with substance use clients and/or behavioral addiction clients from client recognition of need for treatment (in whatever way that is recognized by the client) through the recovery process and beyond. Chapters build on each other as they take you through the process, but each can be used independently for resources or information.
Although it is impossible to show you skill sets with a real person, the authors have developed book case studies that are used across the chapters (and therefore represent the process of a client). These case studies provide practical application of the information in each chapter. In addition, each chapter has a case study that specifically addresses the information in that chapter.
We hope that you find the text enjoyable, informative, and a practical read. If so, we have met our goal.