Research proves that family involvement significantly improves treatment outcomes. That's why the Matrix Model Family Program helps family members take an active role in addiction treatment and recovery. The Family Program is a component included in each Matrix Model program. For the first time, the Family Program is also available on its own. It can be used as a standalone program or to supplement an existing program. Created by internationally known experts in the addiction-treatment field, this easy-to-implement program features 12 sessions. The sessions are interactive, allowing therapists to address the most pressing issues for patients and family. This evidence-based program includes the physical manual, three DVD video lectures, and a USB with reproducible handouts and participant workbook. The goals of this Family Program include: Present accurate information about addiction, recovery, treatment, and the resulting interpersonal family dynamics Teach, promote, and encourage healthy and appropriate individuating of patients and family members in addictive relationships Provide an atmosphere that conveys the highest level of professionalism, treating patients and their families with dignity and respect Allow patients and their families an opportunity to become comfortable with the treatment process Give patients and their family members a nonthreatening group experience with other recovering people and their families Provide a program component for patients and their families to participate in together Help patients understand how the recovery process may affect their relationships now and in the future The three lecture videos that accompany the program are: Triggers and Cravings Road Map for Recovery Families in Recovery

Written by leaders in the addictions field, 100 authors from six countries, this handbook is a thoroughly comprehensive resource. Philosophical and legal issues are addressed, while conceptual underpinnings are provided through explanations of appetitive motivation, incentive sensitization, reward deficiency, and behavioral economics theories. Major clinical and research methods are clearly mapped out (e.g. MRI, behavioral economics, interview assessments, and qualitative approaches), outlining their strengths and weaknesses, giving the reader the tools needed to guide their research and practice aims. The etiology of addiction at various levels of analysis is discussed, including neurobiology, cognition, groups, culture, and environment, which simultaneously lays out the foundations and high-level discourse to serve both novice and expert researchers and clinicians. Importantly, the volume explores the prevention and treatment of such addictions as alcohol, tobacco, novel drugs, food, gambling, sex, work, shopping, the internet, and several seldom-investigated behaviors (e.g. love, tanning, or exercise).