The Life of the Heroin User
Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes
Seiten
2011
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-00063-6 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-107-00063-6 (ISBN)
The first book to apply a biographical approach to the life of heroin users from birth until death, including childhood, routes to use, the development of dependence, problems arising from addiction and treatment/prevention options. An important resource for clinicians, researchers and students in drug/alcohol studies and public health.
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 of the user's life, including childhood, routes to use, the development of dependence, problems arising from addiction, death and options for treatment and prevention. Drawing on over two decades of experience in the field of opiate research, Shane Darke examines major theoretical approaches to the development of opiate dependence and the efficacy of treatment options for opiate dependence. Key points are presented at the end of each chapter. The most detailed review available of what is likely to happen to the dependent heroin user, this is an important book for clinicians, researchers and students in the fields of drug and alcohol studies and public health.
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 of the user's life, including childhood, routes to use, the development of dependence, problems arising from addiction, death and options for treatment and prevention. Drawing on over two decades of experience in the field of opiate research, Shane Darke examines major theoretical approaches to the development of opiate dependence and the efficacy of treatment options for opiate dependence. Key points are presented at the end of each chapter. The most detailed review available of what is likely to happen to the dependent heroin user, this is an important book for clinicians, researchers and students in the fields of drug and alcohol studies and public health.
Shane Darke is Professor at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
Preface; 1. Addict 'careers': the lifecycle of the opioid user; 2. Parents and childhood; 3. Early teenage years: the onset of substance use; 4. The mid-teens: the commencement of opioid use; 5. The twenties and thirties: the polydrug-using opioid user; 6. The drug treatment cycle: remission and relapse; 7. The older opioid user: the forties and beyond; 8. Death: rates and causes; 9. Conclusions: an inevitable life and death?; Index.
Reihe/Serie | International Research Monographs in the Addictions |
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Zusatzinfo | 20 Tables, black and white |
Verlagsort | Cambridge |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 158 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 450 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie | |
Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 1-107-00063-7 / 1107000637 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-107-00063-6 / 9781107000636 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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