Addictions and Problem Drug Use : Issues in Behaviour, Policy and Practice Paperback / softback
Edited by Fiona Wood, Mick Bloor
Part of the Research Highlights in Social Work series
Paperback / softback
Description
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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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication Date:01/02/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9781853024382
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:224 pages
- Publisher:Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Publication Date:01/02/1998
- Category:
- ISBN:9781853024382
