Social Science : Social Issues : Drug Addiction & Substance Abuse

In an attempt to go beyond current explanations of Aboriginal drug abuse, which stereotype these people as 'victims', Brady focuses on understanding the users' subjective decisions to engage in this behaviour. She provides an overview of the use of drugs among Aboriginal people and surveys the extant international literature. She also gives detailed descriptions of the interaction between the setting and the users, examines the substance itself, and canvasses a range of possible intervention programs. more...

Price: $22.00

Injecting drug use is of major concern to both Western and developing nations, causing extensive associated harm at both individual and public health levels. This book provides readers with authoritative and practical information on injecting drug use and the health consequences of this behaviour.:.; Includes topical issues such as needle fixation, transitions to and from injecting, and illicit drug use in prison settings.; Documents the relationship between injecting practice and infectious diseases, such as HIV and hepatitis C.; Explores harm reduction approaches such as safer injecting and supervised injecting rooms.; Reflects international perspectives from expert contributors. more...

Price: $75.00

This book uncovers the original influences that shaped the creation and the various interpretations of addiction as a disease, and of addiction to opiates in particular. It delves into the treatments, regimes, and prejudices that surrounded the condition, a newly emerging pathological entity and a form of 'moral insanity' during the nineteenth century. Letters, diaries and newspapers are drawn upon to detail personal struggles with addiction and the trials of those who cared and despaired. more...

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An original and timely study of men’s experiences of depression in which the author tackles the discursively constructed relationship between the self and depression showing its linguistic and social complexity and analyses the relationship between depression and masculinity. more...

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Covers virtually various aspects of methamphetamine drug, including history, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, treatment, clinical and forensic psychology, and legal aspects. This text features various chapters on criminal- and civil-forensic applications including a discussion of laws. It presents chapters on neuropsychological testing. more...

Price: $149.95