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Addiction and relationship violence are serious and undeniably prevalent societal problems with high costs to families and individuals, as well as concomitant costs to health care, school, and social systems. The co-occurence of addiction and abuse is a reality that has yet to be fully acknowledged and explored from either a theoretical or practical perspective. The Violence and Addiction Equation: Theoretical and Clinical Issues in Substance Abuse and Relationship Violence addresses the addiction-violence overlap by assembling state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment. Chapters cover biological bases of addiction and abuse, personality factors in the equation, developmental, psychopathological and cognitive social-learning models, and numerous issues in clinical treatment. Also presented are perspectives on interpersonal violence and addiction across the lifespan: from adolescence and young adult through partnership, parenthood, and maturity. This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence.
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The new edition of this popular, evidence-based guide compiles and
reviews all the latest knowledge on assessment, diagnosis, and
treatment of childhood maltreatment - including neglect and
physical, sexual, psychological, or emotional abuse. Readers are
led through this complex problem with clear descriptions of legal
requirements for recognizing, reporting, and disclosing
maltreatment as well as the best assessment and treatment methods.
The focus is on the current gold standard approach - trauma-focused
CBT. This book is thus invaluable for those training or working as
expert witnesses in childhood maltreatment and is also essential
reading for child psychologists, child psychiatrists, forensic
psychologists, pediatricians, family practitioners, social workers,
public health nurses, and students.
"This book addresses, in a comprehensive and practical manner, the
increasingly important topic of preventing youth violence. The
scope of the book is broad, incorporating psychological, social,
and cultural factors. The emphasis on a gender analysis in
understanding violent behavior by male youth in relationships with
young women is apt and timely. Used together with the treatment
manual, The Youth Relationships Manual, this book provides a sound
basis for a prevention program." --Mary Nomme Russell, School of
Social Work, University of British Columbia "Alternatives to
Violence challenges each of us to reexamine our assumptions about
youth violence and society's efforts to reduce it. David A. Wolfe
and his colleagues make a convincing argument for a preventive and
health--promoting response that empowers youth to make changes in
their daily world. The contents of this book obliges those of us
who work with youth to also make changes in the way we practice in
the field. This book provides the most in-depth and up-to-date view
of the problem of youth violence in North America and what it will
take to reduce it. As one who works on the issue of children and
violence, I found this book both powerful in its analysis and
hopeful in the solutions it offers." --Jeffrey L. Edleson,
Professor, School of Social Work and Director, Higher Education
Center Against Violence & Abuse, University of Minnesota
"Alternatives to Violence . . . is well, clearly, and interestingly
written. The concepts are solid and laid out systematically. The
authors present a strong foundation and empirically support their
premises. The book meets my need academically and holds my interest
as a reader. I agree so strongly with their hypotheses and ideas
that I found myself thinking ''Great,'' ''Well thought out,''
''Nicely written,'' and so on as I read. I whole-heartedly endorse
this book." --Alyce LaViolette, Alternatives to Counseling
Associates, Long Beach, California Instead of looking for ways to
contain, deter, or punish violence, Alternatives to Violence
explores how to develop practical means of promoting healthy,
nonviolent relationships. Drawing from recent studies concerned
with the formation of healthy relationships, this book examines how
youths can form connections that will reduce not only the risk of
violence against women and children but also the potential of men
to become abusive. This clearly articulated model suggests that
adolescents, who are beginning to build intimate relationships
outside of the family, can learn to break patterns of male
entitlement, dominance and aggression, and female passivity and
deference with the help of preventive programs. The Youth
Relationships Project is a program that grew out of the model
created in this book and is detailed with instructions for
application in a companion volume, The Youth Relationships Manual.
The project helps youths build relationship skills and learn how to
act socially within the community. The authors actively support a
health promotion paradigm as the foundation for issues and
solutions raised in these books and look toward future changes in
policy and programs that embrace this new prevention model. Bold
and timely, Alternatives to Violence and its companion volume, The
Youth Relationships Manual, offer a new approach to preventing
violence that will appeal to a wide audience of practitioners,
community agency workers, administrators, policymakers, and
interns. In addition, students preparing to work in the fields of
mental health, education, social work, sociology, and public
health, as well as professionals in these areas, will find the book
innovative and informative.
Help teens who are at risk of experiencing or perpetuating abuse
with The Youth Relationships Manual. Designed to build strengths,
resilience, and coping, this manual, field-tested with the Youth
Relationships Project, presents proactive, competency-building
approaches to promoting nonviolent relationships and preventing
cycles of violence. Based on the premise that the best window of
opportunity for developing healthy relationships is in adolescence,
the model guides teens to positive roles in dating, peer
interactions, and interpersonal style. David A. Wolfe and his
associates detail a carefully developed and tested curriculum for
an 18-session group training program that includes three principal
sections: informational, skills building, and social action
learning opportunities. As a part of the program, teens learn new
communication and conflict resolution skills and practice those
skills by going out into the community to solve a hypothetical
problem situation. Innovative and easy to follow, The Youth
Relationships Manual provides mental health professionals, school
counselors and administrators, community agency workers and
administrators, and students in the helping professions with a
vital tool for helping teens at risk develop healthy relationships.
"This book addresses, in a comprehensive and practical manner, the
increasingly important topic of preventing youth violence. The
scope of the book is broad, incorporating psychological, social,
and cultural factors. The emphasis on a gender analysis in
understanding violent behavior by male youth in relationships with
young women is apt and timely. Used together with the treatment
manual, The Youth Relationships Manual, this book provides a sound
basis for a prevention program." --Mary Nomme Russell, School of
Social Work, University of British Columbia "Alternatives to
Violence challenges each of us to reexamine our assumptions about
youth violence and society's efforts to reduce it. David A. Wolfe
and his colleagues make a convincing argument for a preventive and
health--promoting response that empowers youth to make changes in
their daily world. The contents of this book obliges those of us
who work with youth to also make changes in the way we practice in
the field. This book provides the most in-depth and up-to-date view
of the problem of youth violence in North America and what it will
take to reduce it. As one who works on the issue of children and
violence, I found this book both powerful in its analysis and
hopeful in the solutions it offers." --Jeffrey L. Edleson,
Professor, School of Social Work and Director, Higher Education
Center Against Violence & Abuse, University of Minnesota
"Alternatives to Violence . . . is well, clearly, and interestingly
written. The concepts are solid and laid out systematically. The
authors present a strong foundation and empirically support their
premises. The book meets my need academically and holds my interest
as a reader. I agree so strongly with their hypotheses and ideas
that I found myself thinking ''Great,'' ''Well thought out,''
''Nicely written,'' and so on as I read. I whole-heartedly endorse
this book." --Alyce LaViolette, Alternatives to Counseling
Associates, Long Beach, California Instead of looking for ways to
contain, deter, or punish violence, Alternatives to Violence
explores how to develop practical means of promoting healthy,
nonviolent relationships. Drawing from recent studies concerned
with the formation of healthy relationships, this book examines how
youths can form connections that will reduce not only the risk of
violence against women and children but also the potential of men
to become abusive. This clearly articulated model suggests that
adolescents, who are beginning to build intimate relationships
outside of the family, can learn to break patterns of male
entitlement, dominance and aggression, and female passivity and
deference with the help of preventive programs. The Youth
Relationships Project is a program that grew out of the model
created in this book and is detailed with instructions for
application in a companion volume, The Youth Relationships Manual.
The project helps youths build relationship skills and learn how to
act socially within the community. The authors actively support a
health promotion paradigm as the foundation for issues and
solutions raised in these books and look toward future changes in
policy and programs that embrace this new prevention model. Bold
and timely, Alternatives to Violence and its companion volume, The
Youth Relationships Manual, offer a new approach to preventing
violence that will appeal to a wide audience of practitioners,
community agency workers, administrators, policymakers, and
interns. In addition, students preparing to work in the fields of
mental health, education, social work, sociology, and public
health, as well as professionals in these areas, will find the book
innovative and informative.
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