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A Quick Start Guide to Methadone Maintenance Counseling
Working in methadone maintenance treatment (MMT) can feel foreign for even the most seasoned substance use professionals because of its nuanced nature and unique subculture. A Quick Start Guide to Methadone Maintenance Counseling (2018) is a short and easy-to-read manual written by practicing mental health professionals. This guide adopts a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework for understanding opioid use disorder, and covers topics · The theory and phases behind MMT. · Working with opioid-based maternal addiction. · The side effects and risks tied to MMT. · Harm reduction in substance use counseling. · Trauma and its role in chemical dependency. · Using motivational interviewing as a style of communication. · Involving families in treatment planning. · Building a sober social support network. · Spirituality in holistic recovery. · Nutrition and exercise for the methadone-maintained. · Common myths and facts surrounding MMT. · Useful websites and books for treating opioid dependency. · Lingo within the substance use community.
140 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 17, 2018
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January 15, 2020
We shall see...
I know someone who may be considering MMT, so I’m helping study up on it. This book sounded as though it was knowledgeable and sincere. As a former MH worker I recognize the terminology as being correct.
Time will tell. I may need to come back to change rating.
I know someone who may be considering MMT, so I’m helping study up on it. This book sounded as though it was knowledgeable and sincere. As a former MH worker I recognize the terminology as being correct.
Time will tell. I may need to come back to change rating.
November 28, 2018
I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
A Quick Start Guide to Methadone Maintenance Counseling by Abraham H. Kou (Author), and Karen Y. Mechanic (Foreword) is a very practical and to the point scientific, medical and methodical manual on how and what to know about the use of Methadone.
It covers a lot of facts about the Methadone Maintenance, and even that is a short book it manages to cover the critical points of the Issue at hand.
The book primarily addresses for professionals that are working in the area of opioid addiction. Saying that the book does offer useful information to anyone that wants to learn a little bit more about the procedure and is willing to learn a bit of medical terminology.
The book’s approach is a general one, it covers the treatment of an addict from a spherical perspective, motivation, Support, Spirituality, nutrition and exercise and so many more useful aspects of the recovery.
The author managed to write a very hands-on and useful book, and it will save a lot of time and money to people that are interested in the specific subject.
Highly recommend it.
A Quick Start Guide to Methadone Maintenance Counseling by Abraham H. Kou (Author), and Karen Y. Mechanic (Foreword) is a very practical and to the point scientific, medical and methodical manual on how and what to know about the use of Methadone.
It covers a lot of facts about the Methadone Maintenance, and even that is a short book it manages to cover the critical points of the Issue at hand.
The book primarily addresses for professionals that are working in the area of opioid addiction. Saying that the book does offer useful information to anyone that wants to learn a little bit more about the procedure and is willing to learn a bit of medical terminology.
The book’s approach is a general one, it covers the treatment of an addict from a spherical perspective, motivation, Support, Spirituality, nutrition and exercise and so many more useful aspects of the recovery.
The author managed to write a very hands-on and useful book, and it will save a lot of time and money to people that are interested in the specific subject.
Highly recommend it.
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