Addicted?: Recognizing Destructive Behaviors Before It's Too Late

by Marilyn Freimuth

Overview

Addicted? presents different ways to recognize the early and often subtle signs of addiction—much in the same way we learn to detect the early signs of cancer. But, unlike cancer, where people rush to get treatment as soon as they recognize the signs, an addiction typically is faced with great guilt and ambivalence. Addicted? provides questionnaires that screen for a wide array of chemical and behavioral addictions at all stages of development, and ends with a step-by-step guide for how to prepare oneself or someone else to overcome addiction.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780742569379
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	05/29/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	296
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Marilyn Freimuth is professor of clinical psychology at the Fielding Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California, where she specializes in substance abuse diagnosis and addiction treatment. She also maintains a private practice in Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Part I - Getting to Know Addictions Chapter 2 The Problem: Recognizing Addictions When It's Too Late Chapter 3 The New Look of Addictions Chapter 4 The Making of an Addiction Chapter 5 The Continuum: Early to Late Stage Addiction Chapter 6 Addiction's Many Masks Chapter 7 Addiction's Self Disguises Chapter 8 Subtle Signs of Addiction Part 9 Part II - Unmasking Addictions Chapter 10 Unmasking Substance Addictions Chapter 11 Adolescent Substance Abuse: Experimentation or Addiction? Chapter 12 The Unseen Faces of Addiction: Older Adults and Women Chapter 13 Gambling Addiction Chapter 14 Computer Addiction Chapter 15 Sex and Cybersex Addictions Chapter 16 Buying Addiction Chapter 17 Exercise Addiction Part 18 Part III - Getting Help for an Addiction Chapter 19 Unmasking Addictions and Preparing for Change Chapter 20 Impediments to Effective Helping

Editorial Reviews

Addicted: Recognizing Destructive Behavior Before It's Too Late by Marilyn Freimuth, should be first on anyone's list who wonders if a loved one, or even themselves, is showing the first signs of addiction. This book will help distinguish between a bad habit, a compulsion, a good habit and so on.

Citizen Patriot

Marilyn Freimuth's Addicted? offers an eye-opening survey of addiction, one that thoroughly explores adolescent and adult substance abuse, moving on to such behaviors as buying, computer use, gambling, sex and cybersex, and exercise. The book presents tools for recognizing destructive behaviors, as well as suggestions for help. Using clear examples and powerful resources, Addicted? de-stigmatizes addiction and offers hope for those who struggle, whether adolescent, young adult, aging adult, or concerned friends and family. Addicted? is a book to read at first suspicion, when you may be already wondering how it could have happened.

Chris Volkmann

Addicted? is a guide for taking action against the deception of addiction, while there's still time. A must-read for anyone facing the deception, denial and desperation of addiction.

William Cope Moyers

Addicted? should be required reading for all therapists and everyone who suspects that they or their loved ones might be an addict. If you want to know how to spot an addict, read this book If you want to know the causes and consequences of addiction as well as ways to treat it, read this book. Addicts lead secret, double lives; now, at long last, this book strips off the mask of the addict, strips away the layers of clinical and societal confusion, and speaks the truth about our deeply addicted culture.

Sue William Silverman

Despite all the suffering it causes, addiction often remains unrecognized and misunderstood. In her new book, Addicted?” Dr. Freimuth provides a clinically wise approach to figuring out whether you or a loved one suffers with this problem. This book is important and will be of great help to many. I very much recommend it.

Lance Dodes