Overcoming Addictions: Skills Training for People with Schizophrenia

by Lisa Roberts, Andrew Shaner M.D., Thad Eckman Ph. D., et al.

Residual symptoms, poor interpersonal skills, and learning disabilities make it hard to learn to cope with situations that promote drug use. Overcoming Addictions tackles these obstacles to successful treatment.

This manual helps therapists teach groups of individuals with schizophrenia how to avoid drugs and alcohol, recognize signs that they may be headed toward relapse, and build healthy habits and healthy pleasures into their daily routine...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393702995
• ISBN13: 9780393702996
• Release Date: May 1999
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.9" x 9.9"