Dual Diagnosis: Counseling The Mentally Ill Substance Abuser by Evans

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This important and timely volume provides counselors and case managers with a general introduction to the assessment, treatment, and management of clients with a dual diagnosis (someone with both a substance-abuse or dependency problem and a co-existing psychiatric disorder). The authors' goal is t

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Dual Diagnosis: Counseling The Mentally Ill Substance Abuser by Evans

This important and timely volume provides counselors and case managers with a general introduction to the assessment, treatment, and management of clients with a dual diagnosis (someone with both a substance-abuse or dependency problem and a co-existing psychiatric disorder). The authors' goal is to provide the reader with a greater understanding of the issues that dual-diagnosis individuals present for professionals and to offer practcal concepts and techniques that have been found useful in working with this population. This book will be of inerest to mental health and chemical dependency professionals as well as other professionals who encounter dual-diagnosis clients, such as court and child protective workers, physicians, psychologists, nurses , and social workers. This book is also an excellent text for advanced course work in either the field of addictions studies or mental health.

"Highly knowledgeable, specific, and easily understandable.. I strongly recommend the book to anyone in the mental health and/or alcohol and drug counseling fields." - Recovery Times

ROBERT A. EVANS are international trainers and consultants in the field of conflict transformation. They are founding directors of Plowshares Institute and senior fellows at the Centre for Conflict Resolution, at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. RONALD S. KRAYBILL is associate professor in the Conflict Transformation Program at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Kraybill was the former director of training at the Centre for Conflict Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa and founding director of the Mennonite Conciliation Service.
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ISBN 13 9780898624366
ISBN 10 0898624363
Title Dual Diagnosis: Counseling The Mentally Ill Substance Abuser
Author J Sullivan
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher The Guilford Press
Year published 1990-12-25
Number of pages 191
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.