Understanding Why Addicts Are Not All Alike : Recognizing the Types and How Their Differences Affect Intervention and Treatment

A new understanding of substance abuse explores treatment issues based on subtypes of addicts, with a special focus on antisocial personality disorder and functional addiction. * Case studies of real people that illustrate the three subtypes of addicts * Offers specific intervention and treatment recommendations based on subtype * Gives a firsthand look at actual functional addicts who continue to use illicit drugs * Presents a realistic discussion of the poor prognosis for antisocial personality addicts and what can be done to manage this population