It's not okay to be a cannibal : how to keep addiction from eating your family alive / Andrew T. Wainwright and Robert Poznanovich, and the National Intervention Team at Addiction Intervention Resources.

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Title:

ISBN:

9781592853700

Personal Author:

Wainwright, Andrew T.

Publication Information:

Center City, MN : Hazelden, 2007.

Physical Description:

xiii, 167 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

General Note:

Includes index.

Contents:

Acknowledgments -- Note to readers -- 1. Cannibal on the balcony -- 2. It starts with a phone call -- 3. Cannibal camouflage -- 4. What do you say? -- 5. Confronting the cannibal -- 6. Good interventionist -- 7. Economics of intervention -- 8. Addict's progress -- Epilogue : House-to-house fighting -- Index -- About the authors.

Summary:

Today's top addiction consultants guide families devastated by a loved one's addiction.

Subject Term:

Crisis intervention (Mental health services)

Interpersonal confrontation

Compulsive behavior -- Rehabilitation.

Addicts -- Rehabilitation

Addicts -- Family relationships.

Added Author:

Poznanovich, Robert

Added Corporate Author:

Addiction Intervention Resources (Organization)