"Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage o…
"Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage o…
"Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage o…
This is a comprehensive and up-to-date review of literature in the field, with critical commentaries by international experts. It covers the diagnosis and treatment of substance abuse in the three major areas - drugs, alcohol and tobacco.
Substance abuse disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and are frequently comorbid with other psychiatric and health conditions and accompanied by social problems; however, they remain under-recognized and under-treated. Many physicians and mental health pr…
Children and adolescents who live in a household where drugs and alcohol are abused are at considerable risk for multiple physical, mental, and behavioral issues. This volume fills a gap in the literature by providing social workers and other mental health providers with a varie…