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Status:Available I'll Quit Tomorrow - A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment (Revised)
Published: 1990
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Status:Available A Million Little Pieces
Published: 2003
Autobiography of James Frey, who entered rehab at age 23 having almost destroyed his body & mind beyond repair by using drugs & alcohol. Frey had to fight to find his own way to deal w/ the consequences of the life he had lived, & to determine what, if an.. Details >>
Status:Available Addictions Counseling
Published: 1992
A counselor's handbook which is both readable and comprehensive. Significantly, the recovery methods of AA and rational emotive therapy are shown to be complementary, an approach the author has used successfully in her own practice... Details >>
Status:Available Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception
Published: 1997
The author reveals how self-deception can undermine self esteem & threaten an addict's recovery. This revision of a classic includes updated info & research on depression & affective disorders, relapse, & the origins of addictive thought... Details >>
Status:Available Alcoholism: The Genetic Inheritance
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 >>
Status:Available Alcoholism: The Genetic Inheritance (Hardcover)
Published: 1988
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 >>
Status:Available Another Chance: Hope and Health for the Alcoholic
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 >>
Status:Available A Guide to Family Intervention
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 >>
Status:Available Clinicians' Guide to Substance Abuse
Published: 2001
The resource you need to incorporate substance abuse treatment in to your practice. Provides a basic intro to substance abuse/treatment, outlines signs & symptoms, place ment criteria, resources for specialist referral, and medical complications... Details >>
Status:Available Diagnosing and Managing Chemical Dependency
Published: 1990
The goal of this book is to provide the practicing physician with a guide to medical treatment of chemical dependencies - a model for diagnosis and management which inforporates both the biological and the behavioral complexities of these disorders. To p.. Details >>
Status:Available Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition - Revised)
Published: 1987
Clinical text book... Details >>
Status:Available Drug Addiction: Learn About It Before Your Kids Do!
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 >>
Status:Available Helping the Alcoholic and His Family
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 >>
Status:Available How to Use Intervention in Your Professional Practice
Published: 1987
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Status:Available I'll Quit Tomorrow - A Practical Guide to Alcoholism Treatment
Published: 1990
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Status:Available Kill the Craving
Published: 2001
A personal guide to Exposure Response Therapy, the new technique that has helped countless addicted people get and stay clean. Learn how to implement ERP, handle triggers in foolproof ways, kill even your strongest cravings, and end the powerful cycle of.. Details >>
Status:Available Love First
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 >>
Status:Available Many Roads, One Journey: Moving Beyond the 12 Steps
Published: 1992
The author paves the way for a broader understanding of recovery that involves both personal & social awareness. She examines co-dependency in the context of internalized oppression & explores boundaries & sexual exploitation in groups. Also confronts the.. Details >>
Status:Available Narcotics Anonymous (Third Edition)
Published: 1982
Many books have been written about the nature of addiction. This book primarily concerns itself with the nature of recovery. If you are an addict and have found this book, please give yourself a break and read it!.. Details >>
Status:Available Not-God: A History of Alcoholics Anonymous
Published: 1979
A fascinating account of the development of the AA fellowship, this book contains anecdotes, excerpts from diaries, correspondence & memoirs of AA's early figures... Details >>
Status:Available Rational Recovery: The New Cure for Substance Addiction
Published: 1996
A self-recovery program that shows you exactly how to take control of your addictive behavior now - and how to recover totally through planned abstinence. Refutes the alcoholism disease model and brings new hope to those who have been discouraged by tradi.. Details >>
Status:Available Adolescents, Alcohol & Substance Abuse: Reaching Teens Through Brief Interventions
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 >>
Status:Available Rehab: A Comprehensive Guide to Recommended Drug-Alcohol Treatment Centers in the United States
Published: 1988
This guide offers an objective & comprehensive analysis of what goes on in rehabilitation facilities across the U.S. Entries describe the kind of treatment available, the physical facilities, each center's philosophy, admissions policies, cost, insurance.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 07/15/2009) The Addictive Personality
Published: 1988
Going beyond a former definition that limited addiction pri-marily to the realm of alcohol and other drugs, the author uncovers the common denominator of all addiction as he shows the emotional isolation, shame, and despair in which addicts live... Details >>
Status:Available The Cracker Factory
Published: 1977
Picture TV's Rhoda with a drinking problem, put her into a female version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," and you have "The Cracker Factory" in a barrel..... Details >>
Status:Available The Heart of Addiction
Published: 2002
Dr. Dodes sets out to change the way we treat addictions. He describes how all addiction have at their heart certain emotional/psychological factors that, once understood, can be successfully managed. Challenges the idea that addiction is primarily physic.. Details >>
Status:Available Chemical Dependency and the African American
Published: 2002
Bell explains how issues of race, culture, and class play a vital role in treating addiction as a physical, mental, and emotional disorder. Addresses racial self-hate & internalizing of stereotypes, racial loyalty & authenticity, cultural forms of play, a.. Details >>
Status:Available Understanding and Counseling Persons with Alcohol, Drug, and Behavioral Addictions
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 >>
Status:Available Relapse Prevention Workbook for African Americans
Published: 1999
Designed to assist African Americans seeking recovery from addiction by leading the reader through a series of clinical exercises designed to improve insight and reflection about internal racism, culturally related low self-esteem, victimization, and enti.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction and Spirituality: A Multidisciplinary Approach
Published: 1999
A series of interfaith essays that consider theological and biblical issues without slighting traditional clinical, therapeutic, or scientific perspectives. Aims to provide insights to both religious and secular counselors, as well as theoreticians of the.. Details >>
Status:Available Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths & Realities of Alcoholism
Published: 1981
Examines the physical factors that separate alcoholics from non-alcoholics, & suggests a stigma-free way of treating the alcoholic. Covers identifying an alcoholic, the progressive stages of addiction, how to get someone into treatment, why Rx drugs are s.. Details >>
Status:Available Under the Influence: A Guide to the Myths & Realities of Alcoholism
Published: 1981
Examines the physical factors that separate alcoholics from non-alcoholics, & suggests a stigma-free way of treating the alcoholic. Covers identifying an alcoholic, the progressive stages of addiction, how to get someone into treatment, why Rx drugs are s.. Details >>
Status:Available Helping Your Chemically Dependent Teenager Recover: A Guide for Parents & Other Concerned Adults
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 >>
Status:Available Alcohol: What's a Parent to Believe?
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 >>
Status:Available Marijuana: What's a Parent to Believe?
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 >>
Status:Available Don't Leave It to Chance: A Guide for Families of Problem Gamblers
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 >>
Status:Available Losing Your Shirt: Recovery for Compulsive Gamblers & Their Families
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 >>
Status:Available Beyond the Influence: Understanding & Defeating Alcoholism
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 >>
Status:Available DSM-IV-TR (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:Fourth Edition:Text Revision)
Published: 2000
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Status:Available Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services
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 >>
Status:Available Pathways from the Culture of Addiction to the Culture of Recovery: For Addiction Professionals
Published: 1990
This anthropological study of addiction & recovery as a cultural phenomenon serves as a manual for both substance abuse program design & clinical techniques in assessment & treatment. Addresses what strategies can help bond the addict to an alternative cu.. Details >>
Status:Available Hit By a Ton of Bricks: You're Not Alone When Your Child's on Drugs
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 >>
Status:Available Adolescent Drug & Alcohol Abuse: How to Spot It, Stop It, and Get Help for Your Family
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 >>
Status:Available The Challenge of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: Overcoming Secondary Disabilities
Published: 1997
Twenty-two experts on FAS/FAE describe the secondary disabilities people face, such as mental health & drug and alcohol problems, inappropriate sexual behavior, trouble w/ the law, homelessness, disrupted school experience, and difficulty caring for their.. Details >>
Status:Available Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse: Understanding the Fundamental Elements
Published: 1994
Dr. Ross outlines screening assessment & diagnostic procedures that accurately reflect the most important pathologic psychoemotional & behavioral features of substance abusing adolescents. He also shows the need for parents to be at the core of treatment... Details >>
Status:Available Understanding and Treating Adolescent Substance Abuse
Published: 1994
The author uses a biopsychosocial model to address adolescent psychological development as it pertains to substance abuse, family & peer relationships, stages of recovery, & treating adolescents w/ phsychological disorders or victims of child abuse... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction: Pastoral Responses
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 >>
Status:Available Slaying the Dragon: The History of Addiction Treatment and Recovery in America
Published: 1998
The story of mutual aid societies, addiction treatment centers from the inebriate asylums to Hazelden, of evolving treatments from water cures & mandatory sterilization to aversion therapies & methadone. A sweeping history of an enduring problem & the bir.. Details >>
Status:Available Teens Under the Influence
Published: 2003
Covers common myths about addiction, crucial differences between adult & teen dependency, reasons kids get hooked, stages of adolescent addiction, the different kinds of drugs kids use & combine, treatment options & how to choose, and strategies for handl.. Details >>
Status:Available Our FAScinating Journey
Published: 2002
Activist & parent of a daughter w/ a fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, Jodee takes us through the roller coaster ride that was raising Liz. She focuses on neurodevelopmental tactics to help the FAS brain to thrive. Packed with stories, contacts, resources,.. Details >>
Status:Available The Recovery Book
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 >>
Status:Available Workplace Intervention: The Bottom Line on Helping Addicted Employees Become Productive Again
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 >>
Status:Available Addiction, Progression & Recovery: Understanding the Stages of Change
Published: 2004
Describes the 5 naturally-occurring stages of change on an Addiction Recovery Learning Curve that many people with the most serious addictions will have to go through on the long road to lasting recovery. Addresses assessing, educating, motivating & empow.. Details >>
Status:Available Handbook of Alcoholism Treatment Approaches: Effective Alternatives
Published: 1989
Acquaints treatment personell with a wide range of diverse treatment regimens & includes comparisons of treatment efficacy across diverse treatment regimens & clients. Emphasizes that alcoholism is not the same experience for each client, and treatments m.. Details >>
Status:Available Aging & Addiction: Helping Older Adults Overcome Alcohol or Medication Dependence
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 >>
Status:Available Speaking Out...For Addiction Recovery
Published: 2003
"An Advocacy Handbook for Recovered People, Their Families & Friends" Aims to give voice to those touched by addiction in order to continue to erase the stigma associated w/ addiction and to guide policy toward a stronger committment to treatment resource.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 12/24/2009) Get Your Loved One Sober: Alternatives to Nagging, Pleading & Threatening
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 >>
Status:Available When Painkillers Become Dangerous: What Everyone Needs to Know About OxyContin...
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 >>
Status:Available Measuring Treatment Progress: An Outcome Study Guidebook
Published: 2003
Provides a step-by-step guide for treatment providers interested in designing & conducting outcome studies for their programs. Also features a review of the latest research in the field, forms & assessment tools, and tips for presenting outcome study resu.. Details >>
Status:Available El Pensamiento Adictivo: Comprender el Autoengano
Published: 2000
**Addictive Thinking: Understanding Self-Deception** A look at self-deceptive thinking that feeds low self-esteem and relapse, plus new information on depression & affective disorders. .. Details >>
Status:Available Welcome to Methadonia: A Social Worker's Candid Account of Life in a Methadone Clinic
Published: 2000
Baldino honestly & openly describes her year as a counselor in a methadone clinic, the people she encountered, and her feelings about the work. Sometimes graphic in nature, the book concludes w/ the author's recommendations for changes to the treatment sy.. Details >>
Status:Available The Truth About Pot: Ten Recovering Marijuana Users Share Their Personal Stories
Published: 1996
Presents 10 personal stories of individuals of different ages who have smoked pot, enjoyed it at first, & then found that life w/ pot really wasn't that much fun after all. They have lost time- sometimes years- from their lives & experience lost-lasting m.. Details >>
Status:Available Helping a Loved One Live Smoke-Free: What Works, What Won't and Why
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 >>
Status:Available The Selfish Brain: Learning from Addiction
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 >>
Status:Available Accepting Ourselves & Others: A Journey into Recovery from Addictive & Compulsive Behaviors for Gays
Published: 1996
Addresses how internalized homophobia affects addiction & treatment, what models of recovery exist beyond AA, how one chooses a therapist, and what special issues gay, lesbian & bisexual people face... Details >>
Status:Available The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Methamphetamine Dependence
Published: 2002
A Reference manual for self-directed patient research.For meth users and healthcare workers, this book guides the reader to public, academic, government & peer-reviewed research. Useful websites and a chapter on peer groups are included... Details >>
Status:Available Reinventing Justice: The American Drug Court Movement
Published: 2001
Since the first drug court in 1989, 600 have opened in this country. Examines how therapeutic strategies employed by drug courts deviate from traditional judicial proceedings, and how these differences reflect changes afoot in American culture and concept.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction-Free Naturally: Liberating Yourself from Sugar, Caffeine, Food Addictions, Tobacco, Alcoho
Published: 2001
Offers gentle but effective ways to ease cravings, nourish & cleanse the body, and combat depression, anxiety & stress. Can be used in conjunction w/ psychotherapy or AA meetings... Details >>
Status:Available Stop the Chaos: How to Get Control of YOur Life by Beating Alcohol & Drugs
Published: 1999
Begins w/ an awareness-raising exploration of addiction & its symptoms; a step-by-step account that shows readers how to assess their situation. Explanations & advice are interspersed w/ exercises, quizzes & illustrations that give readers needed structur.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 03/08/2010) The Addiction Treatment Planner
Published: 2001
Includes treatment plan components for 37 behaviorally-based presenting problems, step-by-step guide to writing treatment plans, over 1,000 prewritten treatment goals, objectives & interventions, and a sample treatment plan that conforms to 3rd-party paye.. Details >>
Status:Available Talking with College Students about Alcohol: Motivational Strategies for Reducing Abuse
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 >>
Status:Available Choices & Consequences: What to Do When a Teenager Uses Alcohol/Drugs
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 >>
Status:Available Self-Discovery in Recovery
Published: 1984
Rabbi, addiction counselor & psychiatrist, Twerski exposes the roots of addiction & emotional pitfalls encountered during recovery. Using his clients' case histories, he shows how recovery offers a unique opportunity for social, psychological & spiritual.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 02/18/2010) Denial Management Counseling for Effective Pain Management: Practical Exercises
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 >>
Status:Available From Addict to Disciple: The First Twelve Steps
Published: 2005
Local reverend David Hain presents a roadmap to the addict, showing how the light of God's Word offers hope and promise to anyone seeking a path to whole-hearted discipleship... Details >>
Status:Available Training Families To Do a Successful Intervention
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 >>
Status:Available Overcoming Crystal Meth Addiction
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 >>
Status:Available From Binge to Blackout: A Mother & Son Struggle with Teen Drinking
Published: 2006
Written by a mother & son, this book chronicles Toren's college drinking as it crosses the line into alcoholism. Includes checklists for choosing colleges, helping teens in trouble, planning spring break trips, and surviving rehab and early recovery, as w.. Details >>
Status:Available In the Shadows of the Net: Breaking Free of Compulsive Online Sexual Behavior
Published: 2007
With the latest statistics, recent technologies & devices, and new thinking on healthy internet usage & avoiding relapse, this book offers professional advice for achieving lasting change and healing... Details >>
Status:Available Brief Intervention: A Clinician's Manual
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 >>
Status:Available Demystifying Evaluation: A Manual For Evaluating Your Substance Abuse Treatment Program (Volume 1)
Published: 1997
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Status:Available Welfare Reform and Substance Abuse Treatment Confidentiality
Published: 1999
General guidance for reconciling need to know and privacy. CSAT Technical Assistance Publication 24... Details >>
Status:Available Screening and Assessing Adolescents for Substance Use Disorders
Published: 1999
CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocol Series (TIPS) 31.. Details >>
Status:Available A Guide to Substance Abuse Services for Primary Care Clinicians
Published: 1997
CSAT Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIPS) Series 24.. Details >>
Status:Available Effectiveness of Substance Abuse Treatment
Published: 1995
A white paper highlighting promising programs and other information relating to substance abuse treatment... Details >>
Status:Available Approaches to Drug Abuse Counseling
Published: 2000
Provides a basic overview of approaches to substance abuse counseling, including individual and 12 step methods... Details >>
Status:Available Mental Health and Substance Abuse Treatment
Published: 2001
Results from a study integrating data from state mental health, substance abuse, and Medicaid agencies... Details >>
Status:Available Measuring and Improving Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Benefit for Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
Published: 1999
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Status:Available A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender..
Published: 2001
Full Title: "A Provider's Introduction to Substance Abuse Treatment for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Individuals" Covers homophobia, cultural, legal & health issues, interpersonal violence, counselor competence, gender identity, administrative.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: September 2003
Published: 2003
Articles include: An Alderian-Based Method of Treating Addictions; Assisting Gay & Lesbian Clients; The Professional in Recovery: Be Sensitive to Professional Culture; Helping Clients Overcome 'Family Culture of Pain'; Multiple Tools to Treat Pathological.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: November 2003
Published: 2003
Articles include: Harm Reduction: Where Should Professionals Stand?; Beware of Your Clients' Medicine Cabinet; Making the Most of Training Opportunities; Addressing The Aging Face of Addiction; Gambling; Workplace Issues... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: March 2004
Published: 2004
Articles include: Better Aftercare for the Dually Diagnosed; Do School & Recovery Mix?; Addiction & Child Welfare Professionals; Who Should Speak for the Cause?; Dialectical Behavioral Therapy; The Public Health Case for Needle Exchange; Opiate Addiction;.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: July 2004
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 >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: November 2004
Published: 2004
Articles include: The Future & Science of Addiction Services; 'Weighty' Matters During Recovery; Healing Emotional Wounds: Substance Abuse & Feelings; Clergy & Sexual Boundaries: Addiction & Sexual Orientation; Managing Pain with Coexisting Addictive Diso.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: January 2005
Published: 2005
Articles include: Clients in Gangs; Compensation Trends in Behavioral Healthcare; Group Psychotherapy; Gambling; 'Treatment Works!': Is it Time for a New Slogan?'; New Hope for Treating Alcoholism: Will Professionals Embrace the Latest Medication Options?.. Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: March 2005
Published: 2005
Articles include: Attracting Medical Specialist to the Addiction Field; Your Clients' Support Groups; Prevention Program Guidance; Trends in Counseling; Understanding Gambling's Addictive Process; Using Dreams in Treatment; The Kubler-Ross Grief Model... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: May 2005
Published: 2005
Articles include: Complexities of Culture; Eating Disorders; Gambling Screening Tools; Defining Success with Treatment of Adolescents; Six Skills for Loved Ones; Impulsivity, Risk & Recovery; Using Motivational Interviewing to Overcome Ambivalence... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: July 2005
Published: 2005
Articles include: New Medication for Opiate Addiction; Harm Reduction; Workforce Development Strategies; Body Image in Adolescent Girls; Teens with Addicted Parents; Treating a Gambling Disorder; Do I Want to Be a SAP?... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: September 2005
Published: 2005
Articles include: Dealing With Client Reluctance; Women's Treatment that Addresses Trauma; Hope for Youths with Learning Problems; Motivational Interviewing & Stages of Change; Recovery & Tobacco Use... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: Jan/Feb 2006
Published: 2006
Articles include: Meth Use & Risk in Gay Men; Challenges in Treating Asian-Americans; Who Will Lead the Profession?; Depression 101 for Addiction Counselors... Details >>
Status:Available Addiction Professional: March/April 2006
Published: 2006
Articles include: Counseling on Campus; Trials With Buprehorphine; Can Your Work Be Done Online?; Maximizing the Usefullness of Clinical Staffings; Assessing Nutritional Status; Telephone Recovery Support; Using Myers- Briggs Type Indicator... Details >>
Status:Available Substance Abuse: The Nation's Number One Health Problem
Published: 2001
Report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for educators, treatment & prevention providers, policymakers, researchers, the media, & others. Beginning w/ the patterns of use & ending w/ ways to combat the D&A problem, it shows trend data on use & percept.. Details >>
Status:Available Legal Issues For Alcohol and Other Drug Use Prevention and Treatment Programs
Published: 1992
Full Title: Legal Issues For Alcohol and Other Drug Use Prevention and Treatment Programs Serving High-Risk Youth. OSAP Technical Report 2... Details >>
Status:Available A Community Substance Abuse Indicators Handbook
Published: 1997
Written to assist community coalitions & other groups fight--ing substance abuse to describe the scope & nature of local problems. Includes 20 indicators & guides community leaders to the best data sources to start local studies. Outline important interpr.. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 07/23/2009) Understanding Borderline Personality Disorders & Addiction (DVD)
Published: 2004
Provides support for recovery from borderline personality disorder (BPD) and addiction, and explores ways to cope with common behaviors and thoughts associated with BPD. CD ROM w/ printable handouts included. .. Details >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 03/17/2010) Understanding Depression & Addiction (DVD)
Published: 1994
Explores ways to cope with the common behaviors and thoughts associated with depression and provides support for recovery from depression and addiction. CD ROM included w/ materials to print out... Details >>
Status:Available Mark Lundholm: Humor in Treatment (DVD)
Published: 2007
If laughter is the best medicine, Mark Lundholm provides healing for the soul. In his seriously funny DVD, Lundholm lets you in on his personal escapades and foibles as he journeyed from the pain and destruction of addiction to the hope of new life in rec.. Details >>
Status:Available A Guide for Living with Co-occurring Disorders (DVD)
Published: 2008
This film provides an educational overview of co-occurring disorders, offers interviews from people who have them, & discusses ways that patients can better manage their recovery from both disorders. .. Details >>
Status:Available Step 2 for Adults (DVD)
Published: 2004
Adults with anywhere from 4 months to 14 years of sobriety share stories about the setbacks and triumphs they faced in working the second Step. .. Details >>
Status:Available Step 1 for Adults (DVD)
Published: 2004
Adults with anywhere from 4 months to 14 years of sobriety share stories about the setbacks and triumphs they faced in working the first Step... Details >>
Status:Available Step 3 for Adults (DVD)
Published: 2004
Adults with anywhere from 4 months to 14 years of sobriety share stories about the setbacks and triumphs they faced in working the third Step. .. Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol: La sustancia, La Adiccion, La Solucion (DVD)
Published: 2003
Poignant testimonials from people in recovery are skillfully combined with narration from experts in the field to deliver solid information along with the real-life human impact of alcohol abuse... Details >>
Status:Available Marihuana: Escape a la Nada (DVD)
Published: 2003
This video challenges myths by clearly stating that marijuana is addictive and use results in physical, emotional, and spiritual consequences. It also explains to clients in simple language the pharmacology of today's more potent marijuana and shares the .. Details >>
Status:Available Heroina: Que voy a Hacer? (DVD)
Published: 2003
Traces the steep path from initial infatuation with heroin use to the inevitable devastation of addiction. Includes timely, informative updates on the resurgent threat and evolving problems of heroin use, plus real help and hope for recovery... Details >>
Status:Available Cocaina y Crack: Retorno del Abismo (DVD)
Published: 2003
Helps those in early recovery understand the history & effects of the drug, as well as the fundamentals of addiction & recovery. Speaks to clients in correctional, educational, and treatment settings examining the best ways to stay clean. .. Details >>
Status:Available Metanfetamina: La Decision de Vivir (DVD)
Published: 2003
Part 1 explains the pharmacology of methamphetamine's effect on brain and body chemistry. Part 2 offers hope for those addicted to meth. Through the candid experiences of recovering addicts, we see the common stumbling blocks in early recovery and the spi.. Details >>
Status:Available The Voice of Addiction: Cunning, Baffling and Powerful (DVD)
Published: 1999
Saul Selby, with a creative use of a hand puppet named Slick, helps clients explore addiction and relapse through three key principles: addiction is more powerful than they are; its tactics can be very subtle and patient; and application of the Steps is t.. Details >>
Status:Available Conquering Cocaine: Cessation- Early Stages of Recovery
Published: 1986
The early stage of withdrawal from cocaine is described by medical experts & recovering addicts, including detox and counseling. Emphasizes that recovery is a life-long process, and that being part of an aftercare or self-help group will help ensure sobri.. Details >>
Status:Available Medical Aspects of Co-Dependency
Published: 1986
Covers the physical & emotional effects that a chemically dependent person has on family, friends, and co-workers. Addresses family roles, sexuality, medical diseases, and what happens to the family system when even one member seeks help. Great informatio.. Details >>
Status:Available Intervention Pros and Cons: Part 1
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 >>
Status:Available What About Drug Abuse
Published: 1988
General overview of the physical and psychological effects of drugs and where to locate help... Details >>
Status:Available Back to Reality
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 >>
Status:Available Medical Aspects of Addiction: Withdrawal & Detoxification
Videotaped conference w/ Pat Stewart.. Details >>
Status:Available Recognition of Denial & Strategies for Intervention
Videotaped conference w/ Michael Flaherty.. Details >>
Status:Available EAP Today: Orientation (Non-Union) Tape 1
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 >>
Status:Available EAP Today: Self-Referral (Non-Union) Tape 2
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 >>
Status:Available EAP Today: Supervisor's Training (Non-Union) Tape 3
Published: 1985
Helps educate supervisors on ways to overcome their five biggest objections to referring an employee to the EAP... Details >>
Status:Available EAP Today: Orientation (Union) Tape 1
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 employee assistance program... Details >>
Status:Available EAP Today: Self-Referral (Union) Tape 2
Published: 1985
Self Referral features real-life intervention techniques and demonstrates the effectiveness of early self-referrals to the employee assistance program... Details >>
Status:Available EAP Today: Supervisor's Training (Union) Tape 3
Published: 1985
Supervisor Training helps educate supervisors on ways to overcome their five biggest objections to referring an employee to the employee assistance program... Details >>
Status:Available Secret Addictions: Women, Drugs, and Alcohol
Published: 1991
This hard-hitting documentary offers insights from medical doctors, psychologists, and other experts involved in recovery programs for addicted women... Details >>
Status:Available Secret Addictions: Women in Treatment
Published: 1991
Women in treatment, single and married, mothers and their children, describe their own experiences in treatment and recovery... Details >>
Status:Available Recovery and Human Physiology: Drugs
Published: 1992
Offering up-to-date medical information, explanatory visuals and testimonials from former addicts, this video documents the common after-effects, both mental and physical, experienced by those in recovery... Details >>
Status:Available Recovery and Human Physiology: Drugs
Published: 1991
Prepares people in early recovery for the physical and mental discomforts ahead, emphasizing that the process takes time... Details >>
Status:Available Back to Reality
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 >>
Status:Available The Physician Does Make a Difference: Recognizing the Faces of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse
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 >>
Status:Available America in Jeopardy: The Young Employee and Drugs in the Workplace
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 >>
Status:Available Drugs at Work (Employee Version)
Describes costs of drug use in the workplace and actions being taken by the government and the private sector... Details >>
Status:Available Drugs at Work (Employee Version)
Describes costs of drug use in the workplace and actions being taken by the government and the private sector... Details >>
Status:Available Relapse Prevention: The Facts
NOT AVAILABLE Easily recognized symptoms are presented in the chronological pattern most often displayed by people in recovery... Details >>
Status:Available Breaking the Chains
Recovery problems that afflict the segment of society that doesn't seem to relate to middle class recovery values... Details >>
Status:Available Relapse
How to work the tenth step and how to stay accountable for behaviors... Details >>
Status:Available Double Trouble- Part I
Dual disorders (chemical dependency and psychiatric illness). Assessment and treatment... Details >>
Status:Available Double Trouble - Part II
Dual disorders (chemical dependency and psychiatric illness). Assessment and treatment... Details >>
Status:Available It Won't Happen To Me
Portrays a teenage problem drinker who is forced to confront his problem in an intervention group. .. Details >>
Status:Available Living Sober: Resisting Social Pressures to Use Alcohol
Published: 1994
Shows how recovering persons can resist pressure to drink, and helps them to make the connection between what they think, how they feel and how they act... Details >>
Status:Available Living Sober: Coping with Cravings and Thoughts of Using
Published: 1994
Helps recovering persons to make the connection between what they think, how they feel and how they act... Details >>
Status:Available Living Sober: Managing Anger in Recovery
Published: 1994
Uses dramatizations, brief interviews with recovering addicts, and clinical insight to address anger in recovery. Helps recovering persons to make the connection between what they think, how they feel and how they act... Details >>
Status:Available Living Sober: Managing Feelings of Boredom and Emptiness
Published: 1994
Uses dramatizations, brief interviews w/ recovering addicts, and clinical insight to address feelings of boredom and emptiness experienced by those in recovery... Details >>
Status:Available Living Sober: Coping with Family and Interpersonal Conflict
Published: 1994
Uses dramatizations, brief interviews w/ recovering addicts, and clinical insight to address the navigation of family and interpersonal relationships during recovery... Details >>
Status:Available Living Sober: Coping with Relapse Warning Signs
Published: 1994
Uses dramatizations, brief interview with recovering addicts, and clinical insight to address coping with cravings to use drugs and alcohol... Details >>
Status:Available Getting Help (Employer Version)
Shows the value of having an employee assistance progam and the importance of confidentiality... Details >>
Status:Available Drugs at Work (Employer Version)
Describes costs of drug use in the workplace and actions being taken by the government and the private sector... Details >>
Status:Available Using the ASI to Assess Client Needs and Treatment Planning - A Training Videotape: Part I
ASI training video... Details >>
Status:Available The Party's Over
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 >>
Status:Available Drug Testing (Employer Version)
Explores the options available for a drug testing component in an Employee Assistance Program. Addresses needs of both employer and employee to ensure accuracy and reliability of test results... Details >>
Status:Available Drug Testing (Employee Version)
Addresses needs of both employer and employee to ensure accuracy and reliability of test results, and how to access the company's EAP benefits... Details >>
Status:Available Heroin
Published: 1997
This powerful video explores the many devastating effects of heroin. We watch family & friends share their devastation at the death of a loved one from overdose, a toxicologist explains heroin's effects, and recovering addicts offer their experiences with.. Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: Changing Lives
Published: 1998
The 2nd video in the series addresses treatment and recovery, stressing the need for individualization of treatment plans. Visits two programs that serve the needs of different populations... Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: The Next Generation
Published: 1998
Focuses on prevention efforts based on community & family. Shows parents addicted to heroin being taught how to repair the damage to the family and how to raise strong, resilient children. The second part goes into the schools and looks for kids at risk.. Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: The Politics of Addiction
Published: 1998
The 5th video in the series tells the story of how our society meets the challenges of translating what scientists, doctors, counselors, and recovering addicts have learned into public policy. Looks at Arizona's Proposition 200, which emphasizes treatment.. Details >>
Status:Available Marijuana
Published: 1997
Delbert Boone speaks to prison inmates about the real life dangers of marijuana. Boone discusses how chemicals in pot collect in brain cells, resin accumulates in the lungs, and users make bad choices which may result in incarceration. As always, a fresh.. Details >>
Status:Available Step 1 for Adolescents
Published: 2004
Teens in recovery candidly share their triumphs & setbacks in working Step One, struggling with powerlessness, recognizing unmanageability, and overcoming secret-keeping. Video guide included... Details >>
Status:Available Step 2 for Adolescents
Published: 2004
Teens in recovery candidly whare their triumphs and setbacks in working Step 2: defining a higher power, overcoming negative perceptions about religion, and developing a spiritual connection. Discussion guide included... Details >>
Status:Available Step 3 for Adolescents
Published: 2004
Teens in recovery candidly share their triumphs & setbacks in working Step 3, maintaining conscious contact with a higher power, finding a sponsor, and learning to have fun sober. Discussion guide included... Details >>
Status:Available Cross-Addiction: The Back Door to Relapse
Published: 1999
Cross-addiction is the single greatest relapse factor. Firsthand testimony from addicts and professionals dispel the myth that there is any such thing as a "safe" substance for people in recovery. Ends with a message of hope for the recovering individual... Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol: The Substance, The Addiction, The Solution
Published: 1999
Recovering alcoholics & treatment professionals speak candidly about the symptoms of alcoholism, such as loss of control & denial, effects of alcohol on the brain, the rewards & challenges of recovery, and perhaps the most valuable message of all; that th.. Details >>
Status:Available Cocaine and Crack: Back From the Abyss
Published: 1998
Testimony from recovering addicts is interwoven with that of chemical dependency counselors and physicians. Part I explains the complex effects of cocaine, and why relapse rates are so high. Part 2 gives viewers the practical tools to get thru cravings, i.. Details >>
Status:Available Cocaine and Crack: Back From the Abyss
Published: 1998
Testimony from recovering addicts is interwoven with that of chemical dependency counselors and physicians. Part I explains the complex effects of cocaine, and why relapse rates are so high. Part 2 gives viewers the practical tools to get thru cravings, i.. Details >>
Status:Available Methamphetamine: Deciding to Live
Published: 1998
Through documentary-style interviews w/ recovering addicts & professionals, the devastating consequences of meth are revealed. Part 1 begins w/ an explanation of the effects of meth on the brain. Part 2 offers hope for those in recovery, revealing the spi.. Details >>
Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Street Smarts
Published: 1996
Part 1 of 5: Learning to Avoid Relapse. An introduction to key urban relapse prevention strategies, using inspiring interviews w/ credible role models. Focuses on complete abstinence, accepting disappointments, coping w/ chronic stress, resisting easy mon.. Details >>
Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Back on the Block
Published: 1996
Part 1 of 5: Credible urban role models focus on the first weeks home after rehab or prison, including finding a sober place to live, creating & using a support system, keeping busy, and preparing to handle triggers to use. Ethnically diverse narrators... Details >>
Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Recovering Relationships
Published: 1996
Part 1 of 5 Credible urban role models discuss ways to recognize & avoid relapse traps. Addressed are ways to cope w/ an unsupportive family, avoiding rescuing others, sober sex, dealing w/ guilt and the stress of parenting in recovery. Both men's & wom.. Details >>
Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Catchin' Feelings
Published: 1996
Part 4 Credible urban role models teach new ways of dealing with feelings without picking up. Emphasis on "emotional danger zones" including anger, shame, guilt, self-pity, illness like HIV/AIDS, and feelings engendered by racism. Narrated by recovering.. Details >>
Status:Available Beat the Street: Clean & Sober in the City: Making It Happen
Published: 1996
Part 5 Credible urban narrators illustrate the importance of building a satisfying life to long-term recovery, including getting & keeping work, dealing w/ financial stress, going back to school, giving back to the community, having fun sober, & reclaimin.. Details >>
Status:Available Al-Anon Speaks for Itself
Published: 1986
Offering a glimpse of the help and hope available in the Al-Anon fellowship, this docu-drama captures the essence of its program; members sharing their stories, going to a meeting, getting better, getting to know the program, and getting on with life... Details >>
Status:Available America in Jeopardy: The Young Employee and Drugs in the Workplace
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 >>
Status:Available Bulking Up: The Dangers of Steroids
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 >>
Status:Available Drug Dependency: The Early Warning Signs
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 >>
Status:Available If You Change Your Mind
Presents unique perspective on drug use and abuse; how is abuse different from addiction? Can an addict ever be rehabilitated? Just exactly how do drugs and alcohol affect body and mind? Touches on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and nicotine. Ending hopeful and p.. Details >>
Status:Available Giving Flight to the Human Spirit
Informational video about the Caron Foundation. This is one of two videos... Details >>
Status:Available Giving Flight to the Human Spirit: Part 2
Informational video about the Caron Foundation. This is one of two videos... Details >>
Status:Available Gate House for Men/Women
Description and testimonies of what The GateHouse is, how it works and what it can do... Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: Potrait of Addiction
Published: 1998
Program that features the real experts; recovering addicts, who reveal their lives distorted by drugs and alcohol and transformed by recovery. Their personal stories give us a look into the common struggles that addicts share during addiction and througho.. Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: Changing Lives
Published: 1998
This video explores a number of options including 12-step programs, behavior modification, pharmacological treatment and inpatient and outpatient treatment... Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home- Moyers on Addiction: Politics of Addiction
Published: 1998
This video gives examples of the challenges of translating what has been learned in the past decade about the disease of addiction into a rational, effective public health policy... Details >>
Status:Available My Name is Kate
Published: 1994
Donna Mills stars as a woman who comes to terms with her alcoholism. Co-stars Daniel Trevanti. (1994 ABC production.).. Details >>
Status:Available Shattered Spirits
Movie taped from television. Shows family interaction in the disease process. Also touches on intervention and treatment for the entire family... Details >>
Status:Available Silent Suffering: Substance Abuse in the Deaf Community
Hosted by Alan Barnwiolek, a deaf actor who works with Alcoholics Anonymous on translations of their publications, this video explores the cultural, treatment and recovery issues for the deaf and hearing-impaired addicted population... Details >>
Status:Available Caron Adolescent Treatment Center
This video gives a short overview of Caron Foundation's Adolescent treatment center... Details >>
Status:Available PA Client Placement Criteria Linking Paper to Practice: Part I
This video introduces the state client placement criteria for adults, developed through a co-operative effort that brought together addiction treatment, researchers, single county authorities, managed care organization and others... Details >>
Status:Available The Physcian Does Make a Difference
Recognizing the faces of alcohol and other drug abuse... Details >>
Status:Available Intervention: Breaking the Chains of Addiction
This video gives an overview of drug and alcohol services in Lancaster County. It also discusses the nature of addiction and intervention... Details >>
Status:Available Close to Home: Moyers on Addiction (Complete Collection)
Published: 1998
Bill Moyers' 5-part series on addiction. 1. Portrait of Addiction 2. The Hijacked Brain 3. Changing Lives (about successful treatment programs) 4. The Next Generation (about how children are affected by addiction) 5. The Politics of Addiction Excel.. Details >>
Status:Available Methadone: Where We Are
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 >>
Status:Available Walking the Same Land
Published: 2001
Targets young Natives returning to traditional cultural ways to strengthen their recovery from substance abuse. Young aboriginal men from Australia share their culture and their healing with young Mohawk men from upstate New York. Offers a holistic approa.. Details >>
Status:Available Meth: What's Cooking in Your Neighborhood?
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 >>
Status:Available Faces of Addiction
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 >>
Status:Available Ruined Lives II: The Dangers of Methamphetamine
Published: 2003
Interviews with users who's lives have been altered by meth and a dramatic story of a teen who tries meth for the first time lend a peer group reality to this program... Details >>
Status:Available Psychology of Addiction
Published: 1998
Delbert Boone explains how drugs move through the body to the brain, where psychological effects include denial, rationalization, minimization, and projection of the addict's problems. Addiction is cunning, baffling, power- ful, chronic, progressive and p.. Details >>
Status:Available Making the Right Choices
Published: 2003
Michael Johnson addresses prison inmates concerning the struggles many offenders face when returning to their old neighborhoods. He discusses the immediate gratification inherent in addiction & criminal activity vs. the humility and accountability needed.. Details >>
Status:Available Women in Prison: Your Way to Stay Out
Published: 2000
Features women inmates discussing what led to their incarceration and identifying behaviors and reactions that supported their destructive lifestyle. The women find their own empowerment plan to support success after release. Includes Facilitator's Manual.. Details >>
Status:Available Women in Transition: The On-Going Challenge
Published: 1998
Four women who have been released from prison and are living successful, drug-free lives tell about their experiences. Viewers will learn practical ways to work toward a successful transition, the value of seeking help, and what it means to accept respons.. Details >>
Status:Available Four Phases of Community Re-Entry
Published: 2001
Addresses re-entry into the community for recovering addicts in prison or treatment, and why it's vital to be prepared. A treatment specialist emphasizes the structure that people in recovery must create for themselves, after having their lives structured.. Details >>
Status:Available The Rules of Recovery
Published: 2003
Host Delbert Boone emphasizes that getting dry is an event and sobriety is a process. He outlines the "rules of recovery" that assist the addict on focusing on his/her physical and safety needs. Sobriety requires of addicts the ability to comply, & to tak.. Details >>
Status:Available Sobriety: Straight Up
Published: 2000
This encouraging video features Delbert Boone addressing recovering addicts in prison. While using, most addicts develop skills such as creativity, consistency, dilligence, and determination, which could be used in a positive way to maintain sobriety... Details >>
Status:Available The Road to Recovery: Alcohol & Drug Use Screening, Intervention & Referral
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 >>
Status:Available The Road to Recovery: Alcohol & Drug Use Screening, Intervention & Referral
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 >>
Status:Available The Road to Recovery: Alcohol & Drug Use Screening, Intervention & Referral
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 >>
Status:Available Rehab: Tough Love in Harlem
Published: 1996
From the series Investigative Reports... Details >>
Status:Available Why Can't We Be a Family Again?
Published: 2002
This documentary follows the lives of a teenager & his younger brother as they cope with their mother's battle w/ addiction. She continues to relapse despite rehab attempts, and soon her legal parental rights are threatened. Through it all, the brothers s.. Details >>
Status:Available Therapy Games
Published: 2003
Host Michael Johnson addresses the various game addicts play in therapy. He explores denial, attitude, anger, blame & identifying your true self. Provides strageties for using therapy to focus on personal issues rather than just trying to say what's expec.. Details >>
Status:Available Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse, Addiction & Psychiatric Ilness
Published: 1988
Therapists discuss the etiology, diagnosis & treatment of patients who are both mentally ill & addicted. They explore the difficulty of distinguishing between these 2 separate issues and developing treatments for both simultaneously. 3 groups that address.. Details >>
Status:Available Alibi vs. Denial
Published: 2001
Delbert Boone presents an innovative treatment approach, noting that therapists accuse clients of being in denial, while clients often desperately attempt to create alibis for their behavior. Boone shows how addicts how these alibis can be broken down thr.. Details >>
Status:Available Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Other Infectious Diseases
Published: 2004
Highlights progress in efforts to improve treatment for persons with co-existing alcohol and drug use disorders and infectious diseases and gives critical insights into proven approaches for providing appropriate services across collaborative systems of c.. Details >>
Status:Available The Science of Methamphetamine: An Informed Recovery
Published: 2005
Separates the facts from fiction about meth treatment. Former users speak honestly about their meth experiences. Great for clients and clinicians both who have been told that recovery from meth is almost impossible; offers insight, experience and hope... Details >>
Status:Available Understanding Major Anxiety Disorders and Addiction
Published: 2003
Addresses the effects drugs & alcohol have on anxiety disorders, relapse triggers for both MH and D&A, specifics of anxiety disorders, the importance of family & other support in recovery, how exposure therapy works, and how the physician can be an ally a.. Details >>
Status:Available Understanding Personality Problems and Addiction
Published: 2003
Defines personality problems & addresses how addiction affects them. Covers relapse triggers for both MH and D&A issues, family support and 12-step groups, and how our past shapes who we are today... Details >>
Status:Available Methamphetanime on Oprah
Published: 2005
Oprah Winfrey's November 28, 2005 show on teenage methamphetamine users... Details >>
Status:Available Gambling: Against the Odds
Published: 2003
Five compulsive gamblers in recovery share their stories, shedding light on the psychology & pathology of this powerful habit. Treatment options are discussed by leading experts... Details >>
Status:Available EAP Today (DVD)
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 >>
Status:Available Addiction (DVD)
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 >>
Status:Available Addiction (DVD)
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 >>
Status:Unavailable (Estimated Availability: 03/17/2010) The Downward Spiral: OxyContin and Opiate Addiction (DVD)
Published: 2005
*DVD* This gripping documentary takes you to the streets for an unblinking look at how prescription opiates can lead to addiction... Details >>
Status:Available Brief Intervention
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 >>