Alcohol and Drug Misuse

A Handbook for Students and Health Professionals

By G. Hussein Rassool

During recent years, the misuse of nicotine, alcohol, prescribed medications, over-the-counter drugs and illicit psychoactive substances have increased dramatically, resulting in health and socio-economic problems...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-40967-4 (Routledge)

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Stress, Trauma and Substance Use

Edited by Brian E. Bride, Samuel A. MacMaster

The editors of Stress, Trauma, and Substance Use have gathered a collection of innovative chapters written by cutting edge researchers that depict both the breadth...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-40045-9 (Routledge)

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Addiction

Edited by Moira Plant, Martin Plant

Millions of us make use of psychoactive—or mind-altering—drugs. Such drugs, both legal and otherwise, can cause pleasure or pain (or both). So, too, can sex,...

2007 | Hardback: 978-0-415-41948-2 (Routledge)

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Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems

The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures

By Jim Orford, Guillermina Natera, Alex Copello, Carol Atkinson, Jazmin Mora, Richard Velleman, Ian Crundall, Marcela Tiburcio, Lorna Templeton, Gwen Walley

What difference does culture make?

Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems: The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures aims to deepen and extend understanding of the experiences...

2005 | Hardback: 978-0-415-37146-9 (Routledge)

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Drugs and Money

Managing the Drug Trade and Crime Money in Europe

By Michael Levi, Petrus C. van Duyne

The phenomenon of psycho-active drugs, and our reactions to them, is one of the most fascinating topics of the social history of mankind. Starting with...

2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-35475-2 (Routledge)

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Drug Treatment

What Works?

Edited by Philip Bean, Teresa Nemitz

Britain, like almost everywhere else, has a burgeoning drug problem. Finding ways of dealing with this problem is a major platform of government policy and...

2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-26817-2 (Routledge)

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Ecstasy and the Rise of the Chemical Generation

By Jason Ditton, Richard Hammersley, Furzana Khan

This book about ecstacy users' lives is based on one of the biggest government-funded projects ever undertaken and gives voice to the chemical generation for...

2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27041-0 (Routledge)

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Adolescent Gambling

By Mark Griffiths

1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05834-6 (Routledge)

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Growing up with Alcohol

By Emma Fossey

The use and misuse of alcohol by young people is an established concern. Initiatives designed to educate the young about the potential dangers of alchol...

1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09929-5 (Routledge)

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Treating Drug Abusers

By G Bennett

Treating Drug Abusers provides a clear, practical guide to current approaches in the treatment of drug-taking. Written by practitioners for practitioners, it takes a psychological...

1990 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05837-7 (Routledge)

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