Addictions > Co-occurring/Dual Diagnosis

This game builds recovery skills for living addiction free. It focuses on developing support, recognizing danger zones, and planning for recovery. The game can be used with individuals in 12-step programs. Includes laminated game cards, calling cards, chips, reproducible handouts, and instructions. For two to 16 players. Ages 12-18.

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This game focuses on developing support, recognizing danger zones, and planning for recovery. Game has 16 laminated BINGO cards, 75 calling cards, facilitator's instruction sheet, and reproducible handouts meant to be used in clinics or classrooms. The game helps adults build recovery skills for living addiction free. Includes laminated game cards, calling cards, chips, reproducible handouts, and instructions. For 2-16 players. Ages: 18 and up

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International technology addiction experts, Cash, Rae, and Carnes collaborate in a cutting-edge workbook designed for individuals with problematic technology use such as gaming addiction, compulsive internet, and social media use. Leading experts in technology addiction have adapted the groundbreaking "Thirty Task Model" used by thousands of therapists worldwide to treat technology and internet addiction. Using innovative tasks and exercises, the reader can engage in a plan designed to defeat addiction and restore lifestyle balance. This book is designed to be used as an adjunct to therapy, and works well with the twelve step programs, or other programs such as SMART recovery.

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The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reports that six of ten individuals with a substance use disorder meet criteria for another mental illness diagnosis. These co-occurring disorders present significant challenges for both chemical dependency and mental health practitioners across levels of treatment intensity. To answer these challenges, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) has emerged as a highly teachable and applicable approach for people with complex co-morbidities. This manual outlines the acceptance-based philosophies of DBT with straightforward guidelines for implementing them in Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT) settings along with comprehensive explanations of DBT skills tailored for those with dual disorders.

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Families need help to deal with the impact of concurrent disorders, but families are also a key to finding effective solutions. To help their relatives on the journey to recovery, families need: information about substance use and mental health problems-and above all, to know that families do not cause the problems, a common language with treatment providers-to make it easier to collaborate, strategies to cope with issues associated with concurrent disorders, strategies to look after themselves and reduce the impact of their relatives' problems on their own lives.

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