Published: 2002
You don't have to wait for your loved one to get sober to get help for yourself. Info & advice on getting support to understand & cope. Addresses denial, silence, co-dependency, helping children cope, and the road to recovery... Details >>
Published: 1990
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Published: 2002
An insightful introductory guide for pastors, this book highlights practical methods for making contributions to the recovery of persons in local congregations, including identifying those needing help, encouraging them to accept referral, & facilitating.. Details >>
Published: 1992
Includes ann honest and comprehensive study of what the bible says about the use of alcoholic beverages, a study outline/syllabus on alcohol problems, and over 150 practical ideas for doing alcohol ministry... Details >>
Published: 2002
Addresses the disease concept of alcoholism, known here as Jellinek's disease, and provides us with a simple understanding of how alcoholism affects our lives biochemically, neurologically, politically, and socially... Details >>
Published: 1981
This helpful guide for physicians, counselors, lawyers, ministers, and other helping professionals who must deal with the difficult problems of alcoholics and their families is easy enough to be read by a layperson... Details >>
Published: 1987
Presents the process of confronting the addict with the problem of their addiction. Addresses the family's fears, overcoming denial, preparation, and attitude. Besides advising the family, there is a section for the mediating therapist who will handle t.. Details >>
Published: 1987
Dr Andre shows us addiction, with a specialized focus on cocaine, and how it takes hold of its victims. We learn about addiction and what it does to us physically, about intervention, the hospitalization process, the treatment center and the follow-up in.. Details >>
Published: 1963
For pastors, contains practical explanations of problems dealing with alcoholism, offers insight into the conditions, characteristics, and motivations of the alcoholic and gives helpful direction in working with members of the alcoholic's family. Addresse.. Details >>
Published: 1987
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Published: 1990
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Published: 1998
Teaches people how to help chemically dependent people and how to do it right. Johnson shows how addiction affects those around the addict- spouses, children, neighbors, and co-workers. .. Details >>
Published: 2000
Dispelling the myths that an addict has to hit bottom and that intervention must be confrontational - the authors' proven approach puts love first and shows families, step by step, what to do next... Details >>
Published: 2001
Reviews a range of approaches focusing on motivationally-based brief interventions that draw on the latest addiction research. Emphasizes the benefits of working w/ kids on their "home turf" & reaching out to all kids involved in health-risking behavior... Details >>
Published: 1998
The newest edition of a landmark book on counseling the addict. Covers the historical origins of A.A. and the 12 Steps, a complete explanation of the etiology, treatment, and aftercare of persons w/ addictions, and newly written material on counseling tho.. Details >>
Published: 1996
A book for all parents, but especially for those whose children use drugs, Tough Love gathers real-life accounts of young drug users and their parents' role in securing help, using the Palmer Drug Abuse Program... Details >>
Published: 1991
A step-by-step guide. Addresses the 4 stages of recovery, problems faced by both teens & parents in each stage & how to get past them. Describes teenage recovery as a slow but steady process of growth & change unique to the developing adolescent... Details >>
Published: 2003
Addiction specialist Stephen Biddulph helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, and divergent perspectives on alcohol use. His basic message? For teens, drinking alcohol equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you. Covers interve.. Details >>
Published: 2003
Addiction specialist Timmen Cermak helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, & the divergent perspectives on pot. His basic message? For teens, marijuana use equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you. Addresses intervention & t.. Details >>
Published: 2003
Addiction specialist Timmen Cermak helps parents sort through the latest facts, the known risks, & the divergent perspectives on pot. His basic message? For teens, marijuana use equals risk. Your basic message? That's up to you. Addresses intervention & t.. Details >>
Published: 2000
Includes sections on what questions to ask, what to do, what not to do, advice on financial problems, hands-on exercises, and a wonderful explanation of how cognitive- behavioral treatments work. Equally appropriate for treatment professionals... Details >>
Published: 1992
A classic of recovery literature, this second edition offers true heartbreaking stories, updated material, and cutting-edge research on compulsive gambling. It remains the most complete, comprehensive resource available, offering compassion to addicts & t.. Details >>
Published: 2000
Based on the latest scientific research, this book explains the neurological nature of alcoholism & reveals why some drink addictively & some do not. New insights into the steps to take for an intervention, how to find the right treatment program, which p.. Details >>
Published: 1998
Step 1-The Problem: students' relationships w/ alcohol & other drugs. Step 2-Answers to problems that stem from these relationships: Mainly, the SAP. Steps 3 thru 9-How to get an SAP up & running, including tips for evaluating the program... Details >>
Published: 1998
Proposes a framework for culturally competent substance abuse intervention at the micro & macro level. For educators & practitioners involved in treatment, organizational planning, research or policy development. Includes an emphasis on Latina concerns... Details >>
Published: 2003
19 stories of hope, love & healing for parents whose children abuse drugs or alcohol. Pastor John Vawter shares his daughter's journey from addiction to sobriety, and he and other parents open their hearts to reveal the agony in their homes and the grace.. Details >>
Published: 2000
Offers parents, professionals & family members info on how to spot the signs of abuse in teens, overcome family guilt, confusion, denial & excuses, find allies in the community, select quality treatment facilities, and to take care of themselves during th.. Details >>
Published: 2002
An insightful introductory guide for pastors, this book highlights practical methods for making contributions to the recovery of persons in local congregations, including identifying those needing help, encouraging them to accept referral, & facilitating.. Details >>
Published: 1992
An indispensible road map to every step of the process of becoming clean & sober. Covers withdrawal & detox, raising drug-resistant kids, temptation & how to thwart it, staging an intervention, sexuality, preventing and surviving relapse, quitting smoking.. Details >>
Published: 2000
Offers solid advice for executives, managers, & colleagues on addressing an employee's addiction. Covers how to recognize a problem, conduct an intervention, find and encourage treatment, handle tricky legal questions, and navigate family involvement... Details >>
Published: 2003
From experience w/ thousands of kids & their families, the authors help parents recognize the signs of addiction, show how they can find help, and how they can reclaims control of their lives. Emphasis on alternative peer groups... Details >>
Published: 1998
Offers the parents of unyielding or combative children the understanding & guidance they need. Clearly explains what causes defiance, when it becomes problematic, & how it can be resolved. The steps emphasize consistency & cooperation, promoting change th.. Details >>
Published: 2002
Primarily intended to help families & friends of older adults cease enabling, understand addiction, and encourage their loved one to seek treatment. Emphasis on prescription medications, alcohol & older women, involving the family physician and how grief.. Details >>
Published: 2004
Based on the CRAFT model, this book provides the guidance & tools you need to understand how you & your addicted loved ones interact, & how to change those patterns, improving your life while making sobriety a more rewarding option for them... Details >>
Published: 2004
Five leading experts offer practical info about addiction to painkilling drugs, including: how addiction develops, what to do if a loved one is addicted, what happens in addiction treatment, and why addiction is a family disease... Details >>
Published: 1997
**A Parent's Guide for Suicidal & Depressed Teens** Helps parents determine whether their child is in crisis. Discusses how to deal w/ ongoing adolescent issues including depression, and how to get help... Details >>
Published: 2001
Learn how to counter & prevent low-level agression in school & at home. Based on social learning theory, the frames & scripts approach provides easy-to-learn language for working w/ kids to unlearn the behavior that leads to teasing & learn positive probl.. Details >>
Published: 2000
Explains how families & couples can lose their cohesive identity & meaning in the wake of addiction. Histories, personal stories & the latest research help readers chart their own way out of the hell of addiction & back to lasting, loving family relations.. Details >>
Published: 2003
Personal stories that show that family members don't cause their loved one's addiction, not can they control or cure it. They can find support, set boundaries, detatch w/ love, & eventually discover how to enjoy life even if the addiction persists. A book.. Details >>
Published: 2002
Covers why quitting tobacco is harder than heroin, what to do before & after your loved one quits, how to enlist the help of friends, and what to do if your loved one is your child, your parent, is pregnant or chews tobacco. Compassionate & enlightening... Details >>
Published: 1997
From the basics of brain chemistry to the workings of particular drugs such as alcohol, tobacco or marijuana, The Selfish Brain explains how individuals become trapped in destructive habits-and how various treatments and approaches lead to recovery and.. Details >>
Published: 2003
Sheds light on the limitations of drug testing & demonstrates how individual & organizational wellness efforts can more effectively cut employee alcohol & drug use. Describes interventions, holistic wellness, prevention programs, and harm reduction... Details >>
Published: 2006
Offers flexible, readily applicable guidelines grounded in best practices for assessing & working w/ colllege drinkers. Includes a wealth of practical advice on interacting w/ students & describes effective ways to weave prevention & intervention into the.. Details >>
Published: 1987
Written for parents, teachers, doctors, clergy, etc, this book tells you precisely how you can help a teen abusing substances. Describes a step-by-step process called an intervention which can be used to stop a teen's harmful involvement with chemicals... Details >>
Published: 1988
Explains enabling systems around students w/ alcohol or other drug problems and how it manifests itself. Includes school, parent and student enabling checklists... Details >>
Published: 2006
Learning how to manage your denial is not easy, but necessary in order to develop a really effective pain management plan. This workbook helps you look at problems that led you into this process, examine self-defeating behaviors, and evaluate your prescri.. Details >>
Published: 1996
Properly planned & carried out with respect, intervention is highly effective. This book provides the keys that can save lives, restore careers and bring families together. Based on the Johnson Institute intervention framework. Helpful for family & friend.. Details >>
Published: 2006
A comprehensive guide to everything meth users & their families need to address as they confront this addiction: Meth's effects; how to stop using & stay clean; dealing w/ depression, ADD or other mental health issues; meth and sex; meth and HIV/AIDS; and.. Details >>
Published: 2004
Brief interventions are an effective way to reach clients who experience mild to moderate substance abuse. Ken Winters outlines the principles & applications of BI, including motivational interviewing techniques, benefits of harm reduction & risk assessme.. Details >>
Published: 2004
Articles include: Treating the Couple When One is Addicted; Improving Intervention: Two Better than One?; Counselors Must Help Plan Clients' Aftercare; Addiction Summit Group Begins to Build Strategy for Elevating the Field.. Details >>
Published: 2001
Describes a meeting held to identify the essential elements of interventions to improve individuals' ability to manage their chronic illness. Addressed were future steps toward continuing development of self-management programs that help people live as we.. Details >>
Published: 2002
Part 1: Creating Schoolwide Prevention & Intervention Strategies. Part 2: School Policies & Legal Issues Supporting Safe Schools. Addresses why safety policies are important and how to implement them... Details >>
Published: 1989
A training seminar taped at the Freedom Center in Pittsburgh PA on Vernon Johnson's intervention techniques. Emphasizes that interventions are surprises & forced crises, not punishments, and that they always work because they heal families. Good informat.. Details >>
Published: 1989
Part 2 of an intervention conference. Experts address the transition from intervention to treatment, and what follow-up looks like, both for the addict & for families. The liability of including employers in the intervention is discussed. Very good confer.. Details >>
Published: 1988
Hugh Downs guides viewers through a series of vignettes that show how to effectively intervene with a co-worker or loved one who has a substance abuse problem. Stresses that intervention always has an effect, even if it isn't immediate abstinence. .. Details >>
Published: 1988
Hugh Downs presents information on addition, enabling, and intervention. Vignettes depict workplace and family situation. Helps family & friends see that they aren't alone in their feelings and enabling behaviors... Details >>
Videotaped conference w/ Michael Flaherty.. Details >>
Published: 1988
Dramatization of family & workplace enabling of an addict. We see how a doctor, wife, daughter, sister and co-worker interact with Ben in ways that allow him to keep using alcohol & cocaine. Is to be followed by video #33, Intervention: Facing Reality... Details >>
Published: 1985
Orientation gives viewers the basics of employee assistance - who it's for, how it works, and its purpose. Actual client success stories inspire viewers to use the EAP... Details >>
Published: 1985
Self Referral features real-life intervention techniques and demonstrates the effectiveness of early self-referrals to the employee assistance program in the workplace... Details >>
Published: 1992
This program provides the information and tools needed to help eliminate substance abuse on the job. Clear and viable options are presented for helping employees who want to become involved in the fight against workplace substance abuse... Details >>
Published: 1984
**Drug Dependency: The Early Warning Signs** Provide drug abusers as well as their friends, family, and employers with a recognition guide of symptoms of possible drug abuse... Details >>
Hugh Downs presents information on addition, enabling, and intervention. Vignettes depict workplace and family situation. Helps family & friends see that they aren't alone in their feelings and enabling behaviors... Details >>
How to defuse verbal exchanges before they become confrontations... Details >>
Published: 1991
Physicians discuss ways to diagnosie D&A abuse in hospitalized & emergency room patients, & to take an active role in the education of their patients. Covers barriers to diagnosis, signs to look for, interviewing techniques, info on FAS, & importance of.. Details >>
Fast-paced video contains interviews w/ recovering addicts. Warns that taking drugs is a dead end, & that mixing drugs w/ work is a big mistake. Encourages viewers to get help for themselves, & how to talk to a co-worker they think may have a problem... Details >>
Describes costs of drug use in the workplace and actions being taken by the government and the private sector... Details >>
Describes costs of drug use in the workplace and actions being taken by the government and the private sector... Details >>
Portrays a teenage problem drinker who is forced to confront his problem in an intervention group. .. Details >>
Shows the value of having an employee assistance progam and the importance of confidentiality... Details >>
Describes costs of drug use in the workplace and actions being taken by the government and the private sector... Details >>
Discusses legal issues regarding Student Assistance Program... Details >>
Published: 1990
Shows three real-life interventions, recreated by the actual families involved. Deals w/ roles that family, friends & co-workers play, methods used by professionals in the intervention, and the impact confrontation mixed w/ love has upon the addict. Power.. Details >>
Published: 1976
Father Martin provides eight guidelines which families of alcoholics can follow. Gives powerful insight on what tools an average person can use to get an alcoholic loved-one help... Details >>
Published: 2000
Leeza Gibbons hosts this powerful program which graphically demonstrates to teens the effects of various types of drugs on their self, friends, babies, and family. It illustrates the dangers of drugs, such as rape, homelessness, suicide, jail time, and t.. Details >>
Published: 2001
MTV "flips" 4 teens who use marijuana and other drugs regularly and don't want to stop. When set up, each teen must confront his/her drug use in a different way. The teens react strongly to the dramatized situations, vowing they want to avoid real-life co.. Details >>
Published: 2003
Students will learn the key points of suicide prevention, characteristics of students who may be at higher risk, why any threat of suicide should be taken seriously, steps to take if a friend is suicidal, & problem-solving tips & effective communication s.. Details >>
Fast-moving video contains interviews with recovering drug users; warns viewers that taking drugs is a dead end and mixing drugs with work is a very big mistake. Explains how drugs affect body & mind;encourages viewers to get help for themselves or for co.. Details >>
Professional athletes explain why they started using steriods and how they came to regret their decision. Risks, problems, and severe psychological effects are also described. Program emphasizes taht there are no short cuts to a well-developed body. Bruce.. Details >>
Published: 1977
Follows recovery of three women: one recovering from alcohol and drug abuse; another is the author of "I'm Black and I'm Sober" and the third is a career woman who found a new identity through her recovery... Details >>
Published: 1984
Helps break through the wall of denial. Illustrates 10 early warning signs which indicate an individual has crossed the line from using a drug of choice to dependence on a drug. Emphasizes that drug abuse is reversible and offers practical advice for gett.. Details >>
Movie taped from television. Shows family interaction in the disease process. Also touches on intervention and treatment for the entire family... Details >>
This video addresses the way parents can recognize their youngster's involvement with drugs. It also proposes ways of dealing with such a situation... Details >>
Depicts the devastating effect an alcoholic has on the family; shows how the kids react, especially at school; describes how an understanding school counselor effectively intervenes... Details >>
Hosted by Ken Howard, this program helps parents identify and deal with the urgent problem of drug abuse. Synopsis of who does drugs, what drugs are available, and what signs to look for in your child. Role plays Give suggestions on how to confront child.. Details >>
The video discusses student assistance programs... Details >>
Recognizing the faces of alcohol and other drug abuse... Details >>
This video gives an overview of drug and alcohol services in Lancaster County. It also discusses the nature of addiction and intervention... Details >>
Published: 1993
Examines the use and effectiveness of methadone as a treatment, its biological effects, the role of the counselor in treatment, and the societal stigmas and attitudes towards methadone use and patients. Viewer's guide included... Details >>
Published: 2002
Provides useful information on what methamphetamine is, what it does, and why it seems appealing and is dangerous. Covers how meth is made and how communities can prevent its use. Study guide included... Details >>
Published: 1997
Contains adult language. Presents firsthand accounts of how addiction devastates lives through interviews with recovering addicts, who detail their former drug use habits and the interventions that changed their lives. The first in the HBO series of the s.. Details >>
Published: 1999
The true story of a teen's suicide resulting from alcohol abuse is told by his family & friends. Viewers learn how to recognize the symptoms of alcohol poisoning and what to do when a friend exhibits them, and the warning signs for suicide and depression... Details >>
Published: 2004
This video looks at changing the process of screening, intervention, & referral to get more people the addiction treatment they need. Successful points of intervention are emergency rooms, primary care physicians, pediatricians, military doctors, and othe.. Details >>
Published: 2004
This video looks at changing the process of screening, intervention, & referral to get more people the addiction treatment they need. Successful points of intervention are emergency rooms, primary care physicians, pediatricians, military doctors, and othe.. Details >>
Published: 2004
This video looks at changing the process of screening, intervention, & referral to get more people the addiction treatment they need. Successful points of intervention are emergency rooms, primary care physicians, pediatricians, military doctors, and othe.. Details >>
Published: 1996
From the series Investigative Reports... Details >>
Published: 2004
Doctors & D&A professionals provide the latest info on the effects of club drugs on the brain & other body systems. Parents w/ deceased children are interviewed. Shows what signs of use to look for, stresses that ALL cliques use drugs, and that adults sho.. Details >>
Published: 2001
Discusses and illuminates key issues related to the 2001 Recovery Month observance (September). This session discusses how families can overcome denial of a drug or alcohol problem or intervene in a loved one’s addiction. .. Details >>
Published: 2003
Designed to help employees, whether they work on an assembly line or write computer programs, understand their rights & responsibilities on the job and to increase their protection from co-workers whose critical thinking & decision-making skills may be im.. Details >>
3 videos on 1 disk. Orientation: gives the basics of employee assistance. Self Referral: features real-life intervention techniques and the effectiveness of early self- referral. Supervisor Training: educates supervisors on ways to overcome the 5 biggest.. Details >>
Published: 2007
*DVD* HBO's critically acclaimed documentary is aimed at helping Americans understand that addiction is a brain disease. Four 30-minute discs and 5 hours of extra materials feature stories from addicts and loved ones as well as authorities on addiction .. Details >>
Published: 2007
*DVD* HBO's critically acclaimed documentary is aimed at helping Americans understand that addiction is a brain disease. Four 30-minute discs and 5 hours of extra materials feature stories from addicts and loved ones as well as authorities on addiction.. Details >>
Published: 2004
**DVD** Brief interventions are an effective way to reach clients who experience mild to moderate substance abuse. Ken Winters outlines the principles & applications of BI, including motivational interviewing techniques, benefits of harm reduction and ris.. Details >>