Mortality amongst Illicit Drug Users : Epidemiology, Causes and Intervention Hardback
by Shane (University of New South Wales, Sydney) Darke, Louisa (University of New South Wales, Sydney) Degenhardt, Richard (University of New South Wales, Sydney) Mattick
Part of the International Research Monographs in the Addictions series
Hardback
Description
Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations.
What are the clinical, ethical and psychopathological implications of these deaths?
In this book, Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, demography, and associated risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality.
In addition, they examine and evaluate interventions to reduce these deaths.
The major causes of death among illicit drug users are overdose, disease, suicide and trauma.
Each is independently examined. This is an important book for all clinicians and policy-makers involved in issues relating to illicit drug use.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/09/2006
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- ISBN:9780521855068
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:204 pages
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:21/09/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521855068
