Emerging Perspectives on Substance Misuse (eBook)

Willm Mistral is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bath, and for many years managed the Mental Health Research & Development Unit, Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust. He has been involved in 75 research projects on substance misuse and mental health, and has published extensively. Dr. Mistral has provided consultation papers for the Welsh Assembly Government, for the Home Office Blueprint programme Involving Parents in Drugs Education, for the Department of Children, Schools and Families, and for Action on Addiction.

Contributors vii

About the Editor ix

Preface xi

1 Changing Perspectives on Problematic Drug Use 1
Richard Velleman

2 Formulating Effective Alcohol Policy: Not as Simple as it Sounds 23
Robin Davidson

3 Binge Drinking: Consumption, Consequences, Causes and Control 40
Willm Mistral

4 A Picture Tells a Thousand Stories: Young Women, Mobile Technology, and Drinking Narratives 59
Rebecca Brown

5 Exploring Emerging Perspectives on Gender and Drug Use 80
Karenza Moore and Fiona Measham

6 Embracing Children and Families in Substance-Misuse Treatment 98
Lorna Templeton

7 In Their Own Right: Developing Confidential Services for Children and Young People Affected by Parental Alcohol and Drug Use 118
Louise Hill

8 Screening for Alcohol Use Disorders 134
Lesley Smith

9 From Comorbidity to Multiple Health Behaviour Change 152
Amanda Baker, Sarah Hiles, Louise Thornton, Amanda Searl, Peter Kelly, and Frances Kay-Lambkin

10 Counselling in Intensive Structured Day Treatment: The Co-production of Recovery 170
Tim Leighton

11 Movements Towards Recovery 187
Willm Mistral and Stephen Wilkinson

12 How Current Drug Laws Impede Research and Clinical Treatments 206
David Nutt

Index 215

"This book goes a long way to filling that gap and I will
be adding this text as essential reading for my students. I
recommend it to the readers of Drugs: Education, Prevention and
Policy." (Drugs: education, prevention and
policy, 1 December 2014)

"The book skilfully and succinctly summarises current
knowledge about substance misuse, along with thought-provoking
perspectives on the wider issues related to an individual's
use and the impact it has on themselves and society. In doing
so, it provides a valuable snapshot view of topics, which students
and professionals might further explore."
(DrugLink, 1 March 2014)

"The essays address such diverse topics as drug criminalization
law, alcohol policy, screening for alcohol disorders, and various
aproaches to addiction treatment. While the essays are not tightly
interrelated, they provide a broad view of current trends in drug
use research that may particularly help researchers in the US to
keep abreast of developments in other parts of the world."
(Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, May 2014)