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Key concepts in substance misuse / edited by Aaron Pycroft.

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Drug use is a major challenge for public services, healthcare professionals and policy-makers all over the world. This book offers a complete overview of the issues associated with substance misuse from an interdisciplinary perspective. It begins by providing a reference guide to the different psych...

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Online Access: Full Text (via SAGE)
Other Authors: Pycroft, Aaron (Editor)
Other title:Substance misuse
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2015.
Series:SAGE key concepts.
Subjects:
Substance abuse.
Drug abuse.
Drug addiction.
Psychotropic drugs.
Psychotropic drugs
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Substance abuse
Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Ethical Evaluations of Drug Use and Drug Policy / Aaron Pycroft
  • 2. The International and National Legislative Framework / Aaron Pycroft
  • 3. The Relationship between Politics and Scientific Knowledge in Formulating Drug Policy / Aaron Pycroft
  • 4. Alternatives to Prohibition / Aaron Pycroft
  • 5. Sedatives / Aaron Pycroft
  • 6. Stimulants / Aaron Pycroft
  • 7. Opiates / Aaron Pycroft
  • 8. Hallucinogens / Aaron Pycroft
  • 9. Drugs with Mixed Effects / Aaron Pycroft
  • 10. Poly Drug Use / Aaron Pycroft
  • 11. New Psychoactive Substances (Legal Highs) / Aaron Pycroft
  • 12. Addiction as a Complex Adaptive System / Aaron Pycroft
  • 13. The Evolutionary Context / Aaron Pycroft
  • 14. Dependence Syndromes / Aaron Pycroft
  • 15. Psychological Perspectives / Aaron Pycroft
  • 16. Dual Diagnosis and the Context of Exclusion / Aaron Pycroft
  • 17. Harm Reduction / Anita Green
  • 18. The Concept of Recovery / Tony Shea
  • 19. The Purposes and Methods of Detoxification from Illicit Drugs / Tim Leighton
  • 20. The Purposes and Methods of Detoxification from Alcohol / Rebecca Lee
  • 21. The Major Talking Therapies / Ann Spooner / Pamela Campbell
  • 22. Buddhism and Addiction / Trevor Smith
  • 23. Criminal Justice Interventions / Devin Ashwood
  • 24. Evidence-based Practice, Research and Outcome Monitoring / Bernie Heath
  • 25. The Core Skills in Working with Substance Misuse / Jane Winston
  • 26. Whole Systems Approaches / Angela Woods.

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