Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction
Christian Thurstone
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Description for Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction
Hardback. Clearing the Haze shows parents the warning signs of teen addiction, and offers information about prevention methods and treatment options. Offering firsthand accounts from former addicts, parents, and professionals, this work highlights the problems of teen addiction and provides guidance for those affected. Num Pages: 182 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: VFJK; VFXC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Often it is difficult for parents to recognize when their child is abusing alcohol, using illegal drugs, or in trouble with other substances that are hazardous to their health, safety, and wellbeing. Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. The book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction. The book moves readers through an overview of adolescent brain development, the warning ... Read more
Often it is difficult for parents to recognize when their child is abusing alcohol, using illegal drugs, or in trouble with other substances that are hazardous to their health, safety, and wellbeing. Clearing the Haze is a guide designed to help parents determine whether their child may have a substance problem and, if so, how to begin to address it. The book includes the voices and insight of experts in substance abuse counseling, young people in recovery, and parents who have lived the nightmare of adolescent addiction. The book moves readers through an overview of adolescent brain development, the warning ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
426 g
Number of Pages
182
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781442231054
SKU
V9781442231054
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Christian Thurstone
Christian Thurstone, MD, is board certified in general, child and adolescent, and addiction psychiatry. He is medical director of a busy adolescent substance treatment program and an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Colorado, Denver, where he researches adolescent addiction and also serves as training director for the addiction psychiatry fellowship program. Dr. Thurstone also currently serves as ... Read more
Reviews for Clearing the Haze: Helping Families Face Teen Addiction
The mixed messages parents and kids are getting today about addiction is a serious threat to public health. Clearing the Haze is a book whose time has come. Every parent, youth - and policy maker - should memorize it.
Kevin A. Sabet, PhD, President, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (www.learnaboutsam.org)
Kevin A. Sabet, PhD, President, Smart Approaches to Marijuana (www.learnaboutsam.org)