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Anonymous
Posted April 10, 2009
This is a very good book, across the board! It is very informative and an easy read. I plan on keeping it as a reference for my counseling profession.
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Posted October 1, 2010
As a Licensed Addiction Counselor looking through this book, I was shocked at how inaccurate or misleading some of the information is. I cannot believe that these inaccuracies made it through the editing process and were published; and are being taught to College Students. The college in my town uses this in an undergraduate glass. There are a number of outdated sources. There is information within sections that contradicts what was previously written. I was focused mostly on the Chapters 27-35, due to being requested as a speaker in the class that uses this text. I particularly disagreed with much in the Evaluation Section. The most glaring inaccuracy that I noticed is the DSM-IV TR Criteria. There are 7 specific criteria for a diagnosis of Substance Dependency; and there are 4 criteria for a diagnosis of Substance Abuse. They did not differentiate Dependence versus Abuse. The chapter also made is sound like it was an option for diagnosis; however it is a requirement to have a diagnosis from the DSM-IV TR.
The ASAM information in here is minimal and inaccurate as well.
If I were the professor of a Chemical Dependency class I would not use this text. It does not seem that the person actually writing the book as any clinical experience working within the Addiction Field.
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Posted June 11, 2012
I was first introduced to this book in 1996 when it was in it's 3rd edition. I found it very helpful in preparing for the state board addiction counseling examination. Throughout the years as the book has been updated, I too have updated my editions. I use this book as a required text for teaching entry level counselors. The book is informative, detailed and covers a broad range of relevant topics in the addiction field.
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Discusses pharmacology/alcohol use/cocaine/trmt of chemical dependency/process of intervention/codependency/etc
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Dr. Harold E. Doweiko is a licensed psychologist who has been on staff at the Gundersen-Lutheran medical Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, for 19 years, working with the substance abuse rehabilitation program, the chronic pain management program, and the traditional adult mental health patients, including "dual diagnosis" patients. He has served with the La Crosse (Wisconsin) County Drug Court for 3.5 years, and served as a professional witness on the topic of substance use disorders for Federal and State Courts in Kansas, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Dr. Doweiko has served as an adjunct faculty member for colleges in both Wisconsin and Minnesota, most recently with the Viterbo University counselor education program in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
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