Addiction Studies and Developmental Disabilities: Books and Ebooks

This volume assembles the latest thinking on working with clients who have both mental health diagnoses and substance use disorders.

This book explores the stigma of addiction and discusses ways to improve negative attitudes for better health outcomes.

Stories from doctors, nurses, and therapists dealing on a daily basis with the opioid crisis in Appalachia, plus suggestions for best practice moving forward.

A history of addiction and its treatment in the United States.

Brings the history of human and animal experimentation in addiction science into the present with archival research and oral-history interviews with addiction researchers.

Presents current research from across education, psychology, disability studies, and medicine. Enriches and expands directions for future practice. Offers a neurodiversity perspective on autism myths.

Focuses on facilitating quality of life and intervening in effective, evidence-based ways with people with IDD, including those with ASD, adolescents transitioning to adulthood, aging adults, and people with dual diagnoses.

Please note: This book uses outdated terminology for some disabilities. Inclusion of the book here does not constitute an endorsement of such terminology. However, the book provides valuable historical information about the lives of people with intellectual, learning, or developmental disabilities in the United States.