Emerging Perspectives on Substance Misuse - Softcover

Mistral, Willm

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ISBN 10: 1118302125 ISBN 13: 9781118302125

Verlag: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2013

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Emerging Perspectives on Substance Misuse addresses theoretical, practice and policy issues with regard to the problematic use of alcohol and illegal drugs.

 

• Comprises chapters from some of the most internationally well-known academics and practitioners representing a range of different specializations and perspectives in the field
• Presents a wide range of emerging evidence-based perspectives
• Includes content relevant for researchers, practitioners, and policy makers who work with individuals or policy related to drug and alcohol misuse
• Areas covered include -  gender and substance use, working with children and families of substance misusers and  the emerging recovery movement

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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.

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Emerging Perspectives on Substance Misuse addresses theoretical, practice and policy issues regarding problematic use of alcohol and illegal drugs, and presents a wide range of emerging evidence-based perspectives. Internationally recognized leading experts, from a variety of specializations in substance misuse, cover the development of drug and alcohol policies; the rise of excessive alcohol consumption; gender and substance use; working with children and families of substance misusers; new ways forward in professional practice; the emerging recovery movement, and the restrictions that misguided policies place on research and clinical advancement. The result is a book which is vital to professionals charged with devising and delivering policies and interventions to reduce alcohol- and drug-related harm, as well as academics studying addictive behaviors.

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Emerging Perspectives on Substance Misuse addresses theoretical, practice and policy issues regarding problematic use of alcohol and illegal drugs, and presents a wide range of emerging evidence-based perspectives. Internationally recognized leading experts, from a variety of specializations in substance misuse, cover the development of drug and alcohol policies; the rise of excessive alcohol consumption; gender and substance use; working with children and families of substance misusers; new ways forward in professional practice; the emerging recovery movement, and the restrictions that misguided policies place on research and clinical advancement. The result is a book which is vital to professionals charged with devising and delivering policies and interventions to reduce alcohol- and drug-related harm, as well as academics studying addictive behaviors.

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• Verlag: *Wiley-Blackwell
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1118302125
• ISBN 13: 9781118302125
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 230
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