ALMOST ADDICTED: IS MY (OR MY LOVED ONE’S) DRUG USE A PROBLEM?
Book ID/图书代码： 02173013B63918
English Summary/英文概要： Do you think your pot smoking is hindering your relationships? Does it feel as if you’re just a tad too dependent on the pills your doctor prescribed for pain? Almost Addicted will help you assess your or your loved one’s drug use and evaluate its impact on relationships, work, and personal well-being.
Most people who abuse illegal drugs don’t fit the image of the dysfunctional, hustling addict who can’t fit into normal society. Between the estimated 10 percent of the population who are true addicts and those who don’t use drugs at all falls a group of regular drug users who oftentimes don’t realize how much their use is affecting their daily lives.
According to J. Wesley Boyd, MD, of Harvard Medical School, and Eric Metcalf, MPH, these people are are almost addicted. Whether their drug of choice is legal or illegal, an upper or a hallucinogen, an almost addicts’ drug use is negatively impacting their quality of life—but falls short of meeting the diagnostic criteria for substance abuse or dependence.
For the first time, Boyd and Metcalf describe what it is to be almost addicted and provide almost addicts and their loved ones with the knowledge and guidance to address and evaluate their condition. In this book, readers will find the tools to
identify and assess their patterns of drug use;
evaluate its impact on relationships, work, and personal well being;
develop strategies and goals for abstaining from or cutting back on drugs;
measure the results of applying these strategies; and
make informed decisions about next steps, including getting professional help if needed.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 你是否认为吸食大麻影响着你与另一半的夫妻关系呢？你有没有感觉到吸毒就像是自己太过依赖医生配给你的止痛片呢？本书将帮你评估你或者另一半的吸毒行为以及分析它对于你们夫妻关系，工作乃至个人健康的影响。
大多数滥用非法毒品的人并不是人们想象中的那些精神失常、无法融入正常社会的人们。据统计，世界上有10﹪的人是真正的瘾君子；当然还有那些永远不会接触毒品的人们，剩下的那些人就是定期吸毒者，他们从未意识到吸毒对他们的日常生活正造成着多大的危害。
哈佛医学院的J. Wesley Boyd, MD博士和公共卫生学硕士ERIC METCALF认为，这些人几乎是瘾君子了。不论他们选择吸毒是合法的还是非法的，兴奋剂还是迷幻剂，一个快要成为瘾君子的人所吸食的毒品会严重影响他们的生活质量——但也不足以达到医学上判定滥用毒品或者依赖毒品的诊断标准。
本书的两位作者首次描述了即将成为瘾君子的人们所表现出来的情形并且指导瘾君子们和他们的爱人们如何表述以及分析他们的健康状况。
在本书中，读者会学到如何识别、评估他们的吸毒状况；
分析毒品对其夫妻关系，工作以及个人健康的影响；
为减少毒品摄入而制定目标；
包括在必要的时候寻求专业人员的帮助。(Susie)
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About the Author/作者介绍： J. WESLEY BOYD, MD博士是哈佛医学院研究精神病学的副主任医师。他也在波士顿儿童医院工作，并且他还在“剑桥健康联盟”和其他的机构里为学生授课以及开设讲座。他曾经为《纽约时报》和《波士顿环球报》撰写过文章。
公共卫生学硕士ERIC METCALF是一名住在印第安纳波利斯的一名医学作家，编辑和公共保健教育家。他撰写了许多本有关健康方面的书籍，包括畅销书《疾病的家庭治疗法》系列书以及其它深受大众喜爱的医学书籍。他在密苏里大学获得了新闻学学士学位，之后又在哥伦比亚大学获得公共卫生学硕士学位。
J. Wesley Boyd, MD, PhD, is an assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He also has staff duties at Boston Children’s Hospital and teaches and gives lectures at Cambridge Health Alliance and other institutions. Boyd has written articles for the New York Times, Boston Globe, and Time.com.
Eric Metcalf, MPH, is an Indianapolis-based medical writer, editor, and health educator. He has authored or contributed to dozens of books on health and fitness, including the best-selling Doctor’s Book of Home Remedies line and other popular book franchises. He has also contributed to several magazines, including Prevention and Better Homes and Gardens, and health websites, such as Health.com. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Missouri–Columbia and a master’s in public health.
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