Women and Drinking: Preventing Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies (Advances in Psychotherapy - Evidence-Based Practice)

By Linda Carter Sobell, Mary Marden Velasquez, Karen S. Ingersoll, et al.

An essential resource for anyone providing help or services to women at risk foralcohol-exposed pregnancies.Drinking during pregnancy can cause a range of disabilities that have lifelongeffects yet are 100% preventable. A variety of brief motivational behavioral interventionsdeveloped for nonpregnant women of childbearing age can effectivelyprevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies (AEP).This book outlines clinical definitions and the history of fetal alcohol spectrumdisorders (FASD), epidemiology and effects across the lifespan, evidence-basedprevention practices such as CHOICES and CHOICES-like interventions, andopportunities for dissemination.Based on decades of scientific research and clinical refinement, this volume ispacked with helpful illustrative case vignettes, therapist-patient dialogues, sampleforms, and handouts. The information and resources presented will help awide variety of practitioners in diverse settings, ranging from high-risk settingssuch as mental health and substance abuse treatment centers to primary careclinics and universities, deliver interventions targeting behavior change.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889374015
• ISBN13: 9780889374010
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Hogrefe & Huber Pub
• Length: 69 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.0"