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Article: Addiction Treatment: a Strengths Perspective.(Book Review)

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ADDICTION TREATMENT: A STRENGTHS PERSPECTIVE

Katherine van Wormer and Diane Rae Davis, Pacific Grove, CA: Wadsworth, 2002. 456 pp. $57.95 paperback. ISBN: 0-534-59670-3.

Katherine van Wormer and Diane Rae Davis's Addiction Treatment: A Strengths Perspective (2003) presents a dilemma. Inclusion of the term "strengths perspective" in the title of any book intended for a target audience of social workers imposes on a reviewer the dilemma of whether to respond only to its strengths. Must we be constrained to a critique that only addresses the strengths of the text under consideration, focusing solely on its merits, eschewing mentions of any deficits or ...

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