Treating Addiction
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Treating Addiction

Beyond the Pain

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eBook - ePub

Treating Addiction

Beyond the Pain

About this book

In Treating Addiction: Beyond the Pain, Edward Khantzian offers a collection of his recent works on the study and treatment of substance abuse and addiction. Based on his five decades of experience in working with substance dependent individuals, this volume builds upon Khantzian's theory of addiction as self-medication and provides insights into how addiction is rooted in human psychological suffering, and not pleasure seeking or self-destruction. Almost without exception, life histories of human discomfort, disconnection, and unhappiness leave those so burdened to be vulnerable to the appeal of addictive drugs, including alcohol. Khantzian's sensitive teaching voice weaves together an annotated collection of previously published papers into a powerful and engaging volume of effective practice-based treatments. A timely complement to his earlier collection Treating Addiction as a Human Process, this book provides an inclusive and accessible resource for mental health professionals from any background as well as graduate students and those in training.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I: The Internal Terrain of Addiction: Psychodynamics
  6. Chapter 1: Understanding Addictive Vulnerability
  7. Chapter 2: Questions of Substance
  8. Chapter 3: Addiction: Why Are Some of Us More Vulnerable Than Others?
  9. Chapter 4: The Capacity for Self-Care and Addiction
  10. Chapter 5: The Self-Medication Hypothesis and Attachment Theory
  11. Part II: The Self-Medication Hypothesis Revisited
  12. Chapter 6: The SMH and Addiction as a Problem in Self-Regulation
  13. Chapter 7: The Self-Medication Hypothesis Revisited
  14. Chapter 8: Self-Medication Hypothesis
  15. Chapter 9: The Self‐Medication Hypothesis and Psychostimulant Treatment of Cocaine Dependence
  16. Chapter 10: The Psychodynamics of Addiction and Its Treatment
  17. Part III: Treatment of Addictive Disorders
  18. Chapter 11: Reflections on Group Treatments as a Corrective for Addictive Vulnerability
  19. Chapter 12: More Reflections on Group Therapy
  20. Chapter 13: “Dangerous Desires and Inanimate Attachments”
  21. Chapter 14: Reflections on Treating Addictive Disorders
  22. Chapter 15: A Psychodynamic Perspective on the Efficacy of 12-Step Programs
  23. Part IV: Reflections and Lessons Learned
  24. Chapter 16: We Are All at Least a Little Lost and Off-Putting
  25. Chapter 17: Tragic Trends in the Treatment of Addictive Illness
  26. Chapter 18: Insights on the Insanity of Addiction
  27. Chapter 19: The Cruel Scourge of Addiction
  28. Chapter 20: Life Lessons Learned from Addictions
  29. Chapter 21: “Psychophobia” and Getting It Right
  30. Chapter 22: The Theory of Self-Medication and Addiction
  31. Credits
  32. About the Author
  33. About the Contributors