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ADC285

Module 5 Required Resources

Articles

Optional Resources

Alderson, K. G. (2019). Addictions counseling today: Substances and addictive behaviors. SAGE Publications, Incorporated. 

Winner of the 2020 Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA) Counselling Book Award Enlightening and practical, Addictions Counseling Today invites students into the heart of addictive thinking, offering first-person accounts of what it is like to experience different addictions. The text covers the range of addictions from alcohol, drug abuse, and nicotine to various process addictions, including sex, internet, gaming, social media, and gambling. Also included are the various theories and models of addiction, with a unique chapter on the neuroscience of addiction.