Author: Martina Watts (ed.)
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Supporting Recovery from Food and Substance Misuse with Nutritional and Lifestyle Interventions
Addiction treatment centres in the UK combine medication, councelling and behaviour modification to tackle cravings and aid recovery, yet relapse rates remain alarmingly high. This practical, in-depth handbook examines newly emerging concepts in the management of addiction. Leading researchers and experienced nutrition practitioners including:
explore the underlying nutritional and biochemical factors involved in addictive behaviour, and the importance of nutrition in the prevention and management of addiction and its role in sustainable recovery.
Nutrition and Addiction is an up-to-date, fully referenced resource with a glossary and guide to drug terms. It is a useful guide for those with a basic understanding of nutrition, as well as for more experienced practitioners and health care professionals.
Key themes
Essential reading for: carers, clinicians, practitioners and therapists working in addiction and mental health within the public, private and voluntary sectors, nutritionists and dietitians, students on nutrition-related courses.
This book shows how nutrition can be fundamental to health and well-being, as well as explaining the science behind nutrition and its impact on all aspects of addictions. This will be an extremely useful and important 'tool' for nutritional therapists to use in their clinic work.