TY - BOOK ID - 56714232 TI - Alcohol and Tobacco AU - Lesch, Otto Michael AU - Walter, Henriette AU - Wetschka, Christian AU - Hesselbrock, Michie N AU - Hesselbrock, Victor AU - SpringerLink (Online service) PY - 2011 SN - 9783709101469 PB - Vienna Springer Vienna DB - UniCat KW - Cognitive psychology KW - Psychology KW - Psychiatry KW - Human medicine KW - psychiatrie KW - psychotherapie KW - huisartsen KW - gedragstherapie UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:56714232 AB - Alcohol and nicotine addiction mostly occur together. Over the last ten years therapeutic aspects and motivational strategies have been considerably improved. Hence, groups and subgroups have been defined and can be treated with specific medication and tailor-made psychotherapies, leading in the long term to considerably better and more effective results than the once broadly applied, rigorous abstinence -based therapies. However, alcohol and nicotine addiction still represent major medical and social problems. In this book, new therapeutic approaches are comprehensively described, outlining the different interactions between personality, environment and the effects of the substance. In addition to prevention-based therapies and diagnosis, essential psychological and sociological strategies, as well as medication-based therapies, are also presented in detail. All of these therapies have realistic aims and are of global validity. In addition, the book provides a broad overview of the American and European epidemiology of alcohol and nicotine addictions. The book is written for all those who care for and offer professional therapy for alcohol and nicotine-addicted patients. ER -