Table of Contents

Part I: Assessment 1.Conceptualizing Addiction 2. The Neuroscience of Addiction (Jaime L. Tartar) 3. The Genetics of Addiction (Jaime L. Tartar & Christina Gobin) 4. The Addicted Family 5. Family Diversity and Substance Abuse (Michael D. Reiter & Dalis Arismendi) 6. Roles in the Addicted Family 7. Family Life Cycle 8. Issues in Substance Abusing Families Part II: Treatment 9. Working with Partial Systems 10. Systems Theory 11. Family Therapy Overview I 12. Family Therapy Overview II 13. Family Therapy Application 14. Family Recovery 15. The Substance Abuse Family Therapist

About the Author

Michael D. Reiter, PhD is Professor of Family Therapy in the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Nova Southeastern University. Michael is a licensed marriage and family therapist and has authored three previous textbooks, many peer-reviewed journal articles, and presented at national and international conferences on various aspects of family therapy.

Reviews

"Substance Abuse and the Family is the most comprehensive guide to understanding and treating individuals from a familial perspective. From the neurological and genetic to the cultural, from the evidence-based and empirically-validated to the post-modern, Dr. Reiter has constructed a clear and coherent system containing the critical lens through which clinicians need to see challenging families effectively and creatively. I guarantee after reading this book you will never view substance abuse care and recovery the same way again." -- Ronald J. Chenail, PhD, Professor of Family Therapy, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Nova Southeastern University "Teaching graduate students about substance abuse demands a comprehensive approach that integrates genetics, addiction models, systems thinking, and evidence-based approaches. Michael Reiter fulfills that need with Substance Abuse and the Family." -- Gonzalo Bacigalupe, EdD, MPH, Professor and Director of the Family Therapy Program, College of Education and Human Development, University of Massachusetts Boston "If you are working in the field of addictions, this book needs to be on your shelf. Reiter and his contributors conceptualize addiction from biological, neuroscientific, as well as systemic therapeutic perspectives to reconceptualize addiction through the family's context. Through insightful, conversational guidance, this material advances addiction assessments and treatments by addressing issues in an original, inclusive scope that supports systemic therapy with integrated perspectives." --Arlene Brett Gordon, PhD, LMFT, Director of the Brief Therapy Institute, Department of Family Therapy, Nova Southeastern University