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This book provides readers with practical skills and treatment strategies and is unique in its conceptualization of substance abuse treatment from a rehabilitation perspective, and its perspective of substance abuse as a disability. The authors treat substance abuse as a complex problem, with a diverse etiological basis stressing that recovery is a process that is holistic, individualized, and functionally based.
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Stepping away from traditional disease-based, abstinence-oriented interventions, the authors approach recovery from a functional holistic perspective, incorporating issues such as employment, education, and empowerment. They discuss a variety of strategies and models and emphasize tailoring an individualized plan incorporating different areas of the client's life. Benshoff is a professor in the Rehabilitation Counselor Training Program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Janikowski is director of the Rehabilitation Counseling Program at the State University of New York. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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