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Winner of the 2020 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) Counselling Book Award Enlightening and practical, Addictions Counseling Today invites students into the heart of addictive thinking, offering first-person accounts of what it is like to experience different addictions. The text covers the range of addictions from alcohol, drug abuse, and nicotine to various process addictions, including sex, internet, gaming, social media, and gambling. Also included are the various theories and models of addiction, with a unique chapter on the neuroscience of addiction. Focusing on the new DSM-V classifications for addiction with an emphasis on CACREP and treatment, this provocative, contemporary text is an essential reference for both students and practitioners wanting to gain a deeper understanding of those with addiction. Learn why teaching addictions is changing and how to adapt your course by watching Kevin G. Alderson's Ph.D. webinar entitled The Pandemic Addiction Volcano here. Online Resources Free PowerPoint® slides with video for instructors are available with this text. Test bank questions will be available in August 2020. Contact the author to learn more.
Food Addiction
Food Addiction
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Learning Objectives
- Learn about the overlap and distinguishing features of food addiction from the three eating disorder diagnoses found in DSM.
- Become familiar with the foods implicated in having an addictive component for some individuals.
- Become informed about the causes of food addiction.
- Become aware of the consequences of overweight and obesity.
- Discover ways to counsel individuals addicted to food that will not leave them feeling hungry.
Challenging Your Assumptions About This Addiction
- If you were to discover that most obese individuals are food addicts, in what ways would your judgments be less harsh and in what ways would your judgments be perhaps more punitive?
- Most people have had food cravings from time to time to varying degrees. What was the most difficult food craving that you ...
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