Addictions and Problem Drug Use : Issues in Behaviour, Policy and Practice
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Research Highlights in Social Work
ISBN-10
1853024384
ISBN-13
9781853024382
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Imprint
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 1st, 1998
Print length
224 Pages
Weight
294 grams
Dimensions
20.70 x 15.40 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Drug & substance abuse: social aspectsSocial work
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This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors focus on topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining treatment and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programmes.
This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors focus on topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining treatment and the effectiveness of prevention and intervention programmes. Such programmes include services for steroid users, needle exchange provision, and social workers'' intervention in alcoholism. The reasons why people turn to substance abuse are explored as well as the real effects on health along with other subjects of importance to social workers such as the estimation of drug misuse prevalence. There is also discussion of government policy on drugs in Britain and Holland.
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