Hidden Addictions: Assessment Practices for Psychotherapists, Counselors, and Health Care Providers

by Marilyn Freimuth

Book Overview

Media portrayals and diagnostic criteria convey an image of an addicted person as someone whose deficient coping skills and severely compromised functioning are readily apparent. Yet addictions remain some of the most frequently missed diagnoses in health and mental health care settings. This occurs, in large part, because most people with addictions do not fit the stereotype. In the context of psychotherapy, the typical patient with an addiction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765700859
• ISBN13: 9780765700858
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"