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Substance Abuse: Information for School Counselors, Social Workers, Therapists, and Counselors (3rd Edition)

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This book clearly explains the relationship an addict has with their drug of choice, so that someone who may never have used/abused can understand the seemingly irrational behavior of the addict. But, the author does not stop there. Harrison goes on to explain various reasons why the addict's family may knowingly or unknowingly support the addict's habit, thus keeping the addict from recovery.

This textbook was easy to read and informative. It is just a generalist book for those who will come accross substance abuse so it also has recommendations for further reading and links for sites to gather specific information per chapter.

The book that I received arrived much quicker that what I expected. The shipper did a fantastic job!! It was in wonderful shape. Thank you so much!!

The information presented in the book was good. I thought the book would have contained a great deal of jargon, but I was glad to see that it did not. Great book for social workers!

I was kind of concerned ordering my textbook on Amazon, especially from an independent seller. I've heard horror stories in the past and was afraid of what I might find in the mailbox. Well I went through all of that for nothing. The book came quickly and in excellent condition. If it wasn't for the used sticker on the spine of the book I would have thought it was new. I'm very happy with my purchase.

THe book is great, I am gona keep it and not resale it. IT was like new

Book found its way to me VERY quickly and certainly does its job of boring me to tears. LOL it's is in great shape, and actually its not THAT horrible of a read.

I needed this book for a short, intense Winterim class. The book arrived in great condition and in good time to use for my course. Thanks for your customer service.

Had to have the book for my class. It's worth adding to your library. Comprehensive, yes.

The newest edition still has information that was out of date when the book was originally published. It seems like these authors updated only the bare minimum, the stats and laws.
This book is called substance abuse, and in the first chapter and a half goes on to define everything except "abuse." If they did define "abuse" then they could not get away with the things they were writting, some would be misleading and some would be wrong.
They clearly have an agenda of thie own in writting the book, their own opinions, and not an object view.

Thomas Harrison, Ph. D. in his 2007 class used the last version of his text, but also needed to recommend 4 other books to his students to get the points accross. While I applaud him for not assuming he knows it all, this book is truly not a good tool for a generalist trying to practice.

This is truly a well written book, I had to purchase it for a class. The shipping was absolutely great!