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Understanding Drug Misuse - Jan Keene

Understanding Drug Misuse

Models of Care and Control

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2010
Red Globe Press (Verlag)
978-0-230-20243-6 (ISBN)
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Combining theory and research this clearly explains how each theoretical model contributes different types of solutions to 'the drug problem', whether it is treatment, harm minimization or social intervention. Using extracts from the author's own researchinterviews with drug users,it also offers a real insight into user perspectives.
Key to understanding drug misuse is an awareness of the full range of models that seek to define, explain and treat the problem. This book covers the full breadth of medical, social and psychological approaches to drug use, while retaining focus on the one question which is seldom asked: What do drug users themselves think?

Based on extensive research, Understanding Drug Misuse offers comprehensive analysis of the diversity of drug-related problems, interwoven with frank – and often challenging – user perspectives. Combining theory and research evidence with extracts from the author's own interviews with drug users, this insightful text explores:

drug use, drug dependence and discussion of maintenance versus abstinence
health risks, harm minimization and public health solutions
social harm, social exclusion, and problems of community safety and crime
practice implications for harm minimization, treatment, after-care and relapse prevention

With practical guidance that will inform all work directly related to drug policy or practice, Understanding Drug Misuse is an essential text for all students taking modules in substance abuse and addiction studies. It also makes fascinating and fundamental reading for specialist and generic workers in the health, social care and criminal justice professions.

JAN KEENE is an Emeritus Professor of Primary Care at the University of Reading, UK. She is a Chartered Psychologist and Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. She has written four books and 36 papers in the drug misuse field, including population studies, service evaluations and studies of user views.

Preface.- Care and Control: Drug Dependency, Health Risks and Social Harm.- Drug Users' Perspectives on Drug Use and Dependence.- Reducing Dependence: Approaches to Treatment.- Drug Users' Perspectives on Health Risks.- Harm Minimisation and Public Health.- Drug Users' Perspectives on Social Harm.- Reducing Social Harm: Social Inclusion and Crime Reduction.- Working with Users: Motivation, Maintenance and Recovery.- Aftercare: Relapse Prevention and Social Inclusion.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 31.8.2010
Zusatzinfo 208 p.
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 403 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Sozialpädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-230-20243-8 / 0230202438
ISBN-13 978-0-230-20243-6 / 9780230202436
Zustand Neuware
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