Addictology: The Psychology of Addictive Behavior. Teaching Aid. Diagnosis. Therapy. Techniques. Examples

How to understand that a habit has become an addiction? How to quickly and effectively get rid of addiction and take control of your life?
This guide is the result of many years of scientific and practical activity by G. V. Starshenbaum, a well-known psychotherapist and specialist in addictive behavior. It fully reveals the complex topic and will be useful in professional training and practice, while also being interesting to a wide range of readers.
You will receive organized information on diagnosis, a detailed description of techniques, and recommendations for therapy for various forms of addictive behavior: from gambling addiction to workaholism.

Each chapter is equipped with useful tools — tests and questionnaires for diagnosing various types of addictive behavior and a glossary of psychotherapeutic terms. The text is supplemented with examples from the author's psychotherapeutic practice and is based on the curriculum of the discipline "Addictology".

With the help of this book you will:
· learn to distinguish between a habit and an addiction;
· find out how to get rid of addiction if it exists;
· learn how to help loved ones with addiction;
· become familiar with methods of preventing addictive behavior;
· study the discipline "Addictology" independently.

The guide is suitable for both practicing psychotherapists and psychiatrists, as well as for a wide range of readers wishing to study this topic independently.