Addiction Medicine. Textbook. Third Generation Standard

The manual of the famous domestic psychotherapist, doctor of medical sciences, professor G. V. Starshenbaum is devoted to the coverage of one of the modern psychological and psychotherapeutic areas - addictology. Many years of experience with patients suffering from both chemical and emotional dependencies allows the author to analyze the deep mechanisms of various addictions.
The book gives a detailed description of the clinical picture, diagnosis and therapy of various forms of addictive behavior, excerpts from the stories of patients who have successfully completed a course of psychotherapy according to the method developed by the author are given.
The manual is intended for the preparation of psychologists, psychotherapists, psychiatrists and narcologists