ADDICTION TREATMENT
546 Pages
A strengths Perspective
Katherine van Womer and Diane Rae Davis, Thomson-Brooks/Cole, 2008

A presentation that examines addition on three levels:  physical, psychological, and social, from the harm reduction orientation.  It confronts the moderation versus abstinence controversy.  The theme of the book is a strengths, or empowerment, perspective.

• The strengths based therapy
• The various addition models
• The nature of addictions

This course has 125 multiple-choice questions.

THE ALCOHOLISM & ADDICTION CURE
A Holistic Approach to Total Recovery
By Chris Prentiss, Power Press, 2005

The author and co-founder of Passages, a substance abuse treatment center, presents the holistic treatment plan he developed for his son's addictions. A program to end relapse, craving, and suffering was developed, and is the topic of the book.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Discuss the 3 steps to Recovery
• Discuss the 4 causes of Dependency
• Explain how thoughts, emotions, and beliefes are key to recovery

CONCEPTS OF CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
447 Pages
Harold E. Doweiko, 6th Edition, 2006
Brook/Cole

The author explores the meaning of substance abuse, basic pharmacology of drugs, substances and their effects on the user, special considerations such as dually diagnosed clients, and clinical implications.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to identify:

• The effect of chemicals on neonates
• Chemical abuse by children and adolescents
• Codependency and enabling
• Effects of substance abuse on the family
• The process of intervention

NEW
THE CULT OF PHARMACOLOGY
How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture
By Richard DeGrandpre, Ph. D.
Duke University Press, 2006
294 Pages

This book presents an astonishing expose of drugs in America. A historical perspective is given which includes the deeply politicized meanings of drugs' effects inscribed on them by society which shapes how they are used. The author explains how some "illegal" drugs have been pharmacologically reconfigured to become "legal" drugs: demon drugs vs. angel drugs.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

• Explain how "Big Pharma" Reconfigured "Demon" Drugs into Socially and Medically Acceptable Drugs.
• Discuss "mother's little helper"
• Discuss the technology of the Synthetic Pill

THE REHABILITATION MODEL OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND COUNSELING
351 Pages
John J. Benshoff and Timothy P. Janikowski
Wadsworth Publishing, 2000

The authors present substance abuse as a complex disability and stress that recovery is holistic, individualized, and functionally based.  Issues such as employment, education, and empowerment are part of the recovery process.

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to identify:

• Current coverage of dual diagnosis, treatment planning, vocational issues, and managed care
• Work and its central role in the recovery process
• Coexisting relationships between substance abuse and other disabilities