The Violence and Addiction Equation
Subtitle: Theoretical and Clinical Issues in Substance Abuse and Relationship Violence
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780876309599
Subjects: Addiction & therapy; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Psychotherapy; Psychotherapy - Counseling; Psychotherapy - General; Psychology; Violence; Substance Abuse; Abuse - General; Clinical Psychology; Psychopathology - Addiction; Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy; Family Violence
First sentence: Most parents say they love their children; most husbands say they love their wives.
Description: The Violence and Addiction Equation is an empirically based book that bridges the relationship between violence and substance addiction with a focus on the overlap of issues. It is a groundbreaking collection of contributions by prominent clinicians in the field, and the timely chapter's include clinical commentary that identifies and elaborates on points of transfer from theory to clinical practice.