Addiction and Change, First Edition: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover

by Carlo C. DiClemente

Book Overview

Offers a panoramic view of the entire continuum of addictive behavior change. This book presents the common path that individuals travel as they establish and reinforce new patterns of behavior,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593853440
• ISBN13: 9781593853440
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Guilford Publications
• Length: 317 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

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Addiction and Change

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Addiction and Change: How Addictions Develop and Addicted People Recover (Guilford Substance Abuse S

This book is very well written and easy to understand. This step approach to addiction recovery is both powerful and sensible.

How people become addicted; how they recover.

This book, based upon the Prochaska and Norcross model of "stages of change" is a vital resource for the chemical dependency/abuse counselor, or anyone else who works with this population. The authors clearly delineate how a person becomes addicted (using the stages of change model- except in reverse), then moving on to the process of recovery. Contrary to an earlier review, I did not find this resource to be "verbose;" rather I thought the presentation was cogent and crisp. Scholarly yet practical without pedantry this is an informative piece of literature in a field where one needs all of the resources one can get. Highly recommended.