I usually don't include my school textbooks unless I would have made an attempt to read them on my own time. Surprisingly, this one was one of those. I have a personal connection to addiction (as do many other people), and substance use disorders are common, so I found this to be a really interesting read. When I finish the Motivational Interviewing book by Miller & Rollnick, I will also probably add it to my Goodreads "read" collection because both of these books are honestly really good lol.
This is, perhaps, the best book on treating addictions I’ve read in my master’s class work. It is well written, organized, and easy to read. It also covers a myriad of topics related to many areas of concern when counseling an individual with a substance use disorder.
will definitely be coming back to this if (Lord-willing) I ever make it out of school! So much good information but very hard to get through because it’s basically a text book (I can’t believe I read the whole thing 💀)
A wonderful guide for clinicians. Read it for a class and found it to be very informative. Covered many different areas important to substance use. I'll be referring to this book often.
This is probably the best textbook I've read for a class. It was comprehensive and dense while staying relatively readable. I'm sure it's not everything, but I feel like it went over every aspect of treating addiction, leaving me feeling like any new information I need is either more specific or newer. The edition I read was already a bit out of date at times, but it was very explicit about dates and how some things are much more likely to change than others.