Addiction Studies: New Books 2024-25

Draws on Eastern philosophy, Western psychology, and wisdom traditions to offer an interpretation and answer to the multidimensional problem of addiction.

Offers a comprehensive guide to the importance of integrating cultural understanding and sensitivity into every aspect of substance use treatment,

A notable expert with over 30years' of experience in the areas of addictive disorders and group psychotherapy provides an effective integration the 12-step approach to addiction treatment.

By unpacking the politics of pain in different domains, How We Hurt shows how and why the opioid crisis emerged and shifted as well as its place in American culture today.

International experts explore the complex and continuing needs of people in long-term recovery and put forward clear recommendations for improving research, policy and practice.

Offers an overview of the historical origins of opioid addiction, a summary of the current state of the worldwide epidemic and compelling arguments on how the course of the opioid epidemic can be changed.

Takes a comprehensive approach, from neurophysiology to epidemiology to clinical practice, and explains the processes driving maintenance of chronic pain, persistent depression, and long-term prescription opioid use, as well as taper and buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder

Discusses the history and causes of brokenness, vulnerability to brokenness, and healing as a construct of social justice and advocacy. Reflects on research, clinical work, faith-based topics, spirituality, and recovery.

The book is unique in bringing a female perspective to the field of addictions.

A critical ethnographic investigation of media discourses surrounding online game addiction and the sociocultural roles fulfilled by games in everyday Korean life.

Offers a Pavlovian analysis of drug use, explaining that the withdrawal response is the body's preparation for the next drug administration-a preparatory response that can haunt addicts like a ghost long after their last drug use.

Reviews evidence-based treatments for PTSD and other trauma-related problems, and substance misuse, and presents an integrative, culturally responsive framework for assessment and treatment planning.

Tells the story of Frances "Geri" Roossie, who was born into an Odawa family in Michigan and developed tribally centered programs for addiction and family health, including the first Native American Recovery Group.

A contemporary, broadly-based, and clinically grounded text that summarizes the scientific basis and practice of addiction medicine for the assessment, diagnosis, and clinical management of patients with substance use and related addictive disorders.

Offers a policy analysis and provides points for in-depth discussion about the current drug crisis. Applies the concepts to the real-life challenges facing those with an opioid use disorder.