Why do so many people feel compelled to drink alcohol or take drugs? And why do so many men drink and so many women refrain? Using ideas from social anthropology, this book attempts to provide a novel answer to these questions. The introduction surveys both gender and addiction.…
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Why do so many people feel compelled to drink alcohol or take drugs? And why do so many men drink and so many women refrain? Using ideas from social anthropology, this book attempts to provide a novel answer to these questions. The introduction surveys both gender and addiction.…
"An eminent psychiatrist looks beneath the surface of alchoholism and other addictive behaviors to help people take control of their lives."
"An eminent psychiatrist looks beneath the surface of alchoholism and other addictive behaviors to help people take control of their lives."
Vader en zoon delen hun persoonlijke ervaring over drugs- en alcoholgebruik en verslaving.
Codependency is a learned behavior that can be passed down from generation to generation. Lancer offers assistance in understanding the history, symptoms, causes, and relationship dynamics, and lays out a clear plan for recovery.
Working with communities - Introducing illness - Grog, gunga and gambling - Reasons for use - Strategies to address use - Solutions from Canada - Factors involved in healing and change.
This volume contains papers presented at a conference held in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on 27-28 March 1997. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Conventional wisdom once held that the demand for addictive substances like cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs was unlike that for any other economic good and, therefore, unresponsive to traditional market forces. Recently, however, researchers from two disparate fields, economics a…
Mental health specialists explain that not all use of drugs and alcohol by adolescents is abuse, and that different levels, patterns, and contexts of use should be interpreted and addressed differently. Their topics include screening and brief interventions for adolescent substa…
