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Intervention, how to help someone who doesn\'t want help : a step-by-step guide for families and friends of chemically dependent persons / by Vernon E. Johnson.

By: Johnson, Vernon E.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Minneapolis : Johnson Institute Books, 1986Description: ix, 116 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0935908315 ; 9780935908312.Subject(s): Alcoholics -- Rehabilitation | Alcoholics -- Family relationships | Drug abuse -- TreatmentDDC classification: 362.2
Contents:
Part 1: Learning about chemical dependency. The disease of chemical dependency -- The emotional syndrome of chemical dependency -- The delusional system of chemical dependency -- Part 2: Intervening with chemical dependency. Preparing for the intervention -- Doing the intervention.

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In simple terms, this book shows how chemical dependency affects those around the addicted person, and teaches concerned people how to help and how to do it right. In Intervention: How To Help Someone Who Doesn't Want Help, Dr. Vernon Johnson describes the process that has successfully motivated thousands of chemically dependent people to accept help. In simple terms, this book shows how chemical dependency affects those around the addicted person, and teaches concerned people how to help and how to do it right. Johnson shows how chemical dependence affects those around the sick person--spouses, children, neighbors, co-workers. He also points out that intervention is not a clinical process, but a personal one that brings families back together.

Includes index.

Part 1: Learning about chemical dependency. The disease of chemical dependency -- The emotional syndrome of chemical dependency -- The delusional system of chemical dependency -- Part 2: Intervening with chemical dependency. Preparing for the intervention -- Doing the intervention.

CIT Module SOCI 7014 - Supplementary reading

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Intervention, as Johnson uses the term, is a counseling technique employed with the chemically dependent. Those close to the addicted person family, friends, coworkers gather together and, one-by-one, confront the individual with concrete examples of how addiction is ruining his or her life. Ideally, this encounter will compel the person to acknowledge the problem and seek professional help. The author, an experienced drug counselor, provides clear, step-by-step instructions for setting up an intervention program. He believes that anyone who is determined and organized can successfully use his method. An excellent resource for those involved with someone who has an alcohol or drug problem. Index. JKL. 362.2'9 Alcoholics Rehabilitation / Alcoholics Family relationships / Drug abuse Treatment [CIP] 86-7449

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Vernon E. Johnson, DD (1920-1999), an Episcopal priest and recovering alcoholic, devoted his life to alcohol intervention. Johnson was co-founder of the Johnson Institute, which provided early intervention services for individuals and employers. He was a faculty member of Rutgers University Summer School for Alcohol Studies. Johnson also wrote several books about the treatment of chemical dependency, including I'll Quit Tomorrow, Intervention and Everything You Wanted to Know about Chemical Dependence: Vernon Johnson's Complete Guide for Families.

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