Old and High : A Guide to Understanding the Neuroscience and Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Baby-Boom Adults' Substance Use, Abuse, and Misuse Hardback
by Robert (Visiting Research Collaborator, Visiting Research Collaborator, Department of Molecu Youdin
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Despite the stereotype of older adults primarily abusing alcohol, clinical practice insights indicate that the baby-boom generation frequently abuses the same substances as younger adults-including alcohol, benzodiazepines/z-drugs, cannabis, opioids, tobacco (nicotine), and neurostimulants.
Old and High exposes this hidden epidemic and emphasizes the importance of understanding psychotropic substance abuse as a community health problem.
Further, the book identifies the unique cultural values, social values, and risks that baby-boom adults have with respect to substance abuse and misuse to give students and clinical professionals in psychology, social work, gerontology, nursing, and medicine a foundation for working with this population.
Readers will learn how to integrate current neuroscience findings with contemporary psychotherapy techniques and harm-reduction interventions to help older adults achieve successful recovery from substance abuse problems.
Considering that we will likely observe an increase in rates of substance abuse as the baby-boom generation continues to age-and live longer than previous groups-there will be a major need to better understand the unique risk factors and treatment approaches for working with older adults.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:20/06/2019
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- ISBN:9780190672898
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc
- Publication Date:20/06/2019
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- ISBN:9780190672898