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Author Rassool, G. Hussein

Title Alcohol and drug misuse : a handbook for students and health professionals / G. Hussein Rassool
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 457 pages) : illustrations
Contents Part PART 1 OVERVIEW OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE AND POLICY INITIATIVES -- chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO SUBSTANCE USE AND MISUSE -- chapter 2 SELF-AWARENESS AND ATTITUDE -- chapter 3 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- chapter 4 THEORIES OF ADDICTION -- chapter 5 NATURE OF ADDICTION -- chapter 6 POLICY INITIATIVES AND STRATEGY IN ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE -- part PART 2 PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES -- chapter 7 ALCOHOL -- chapter 8 OPIATES -- chapter 9 CANNABIS -- chapter 10 STIMULANTS: AMPHETAMINES, COCAINE AND KHAT -- chapter 11 HALLUCINOGENS -- chapter 12 Anabolic steroids, amyl and butyl nitrite, hypno-sedatives, volatile substances, over-the-counter drugs, smart and eco-drugs -- chapter 13 NICOTINE ADDICTION -- part PART 3 SPECIAL ISSUES AND POPULATIONS -- chapter 14 BLOOD-BORNE INFECTIONS -- chapter 15 ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE IN WOMEN -- chapter 16 PSYCHIATRIC DISORderS AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE (DUAL DIAGNOSIS) -- chapter 17 ALCOHOL AND DRUG MISUSE IN BLACK AND ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES -- chapter 18 VULNERABLE PEOPLE: ELderLY AND HOMELESS PEOPLE AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG MISUSE -- chapter 19 YOUNG PEOPLE: ALCOHOL AND DRUG MISUSE -- part PART 4 ROLE, PREVENTION AND STRATEGIES FOR CHANGE -- chapter 20 GENERIC ROLE IN RESPONSE TO ALCOHOL AND DRUG MISUSE -- chapter 21 PREVENTION AND HEALTH EDUCATION APPROACHES TO SUBSTANCE MISUSE -- chapter 22 STRATEGIES IN HELPING PEOPLE TO CHANGE -- chapter 23 WORKING WITH DIVERSITY: CULTURAL COMPETENCE -- part PART 5 CARE PLANNING AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES -- chapter 24 FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT, RISK ASSESSMENT AND SCREENING -- chapter 25 CARE PLANNING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE -- chapter 26 PSYCHOSOCIAL AND PHARMACOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS -- chapter 27 HARM REDUCTION APPROACH -- chapter 28 INTOXICATION AND OVERDOSE: HEALTH INTERVENTIONS -- chapter 29 DRUG MISUSE: PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS -- chapter 30 ALCOHOL MISUSE: PHARMACOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS -- chapter 31 SMOKING CESSATION: HEALTHCARE INTERVENTIONS -- chapter 32 COMPETENCE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Substance abuse -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Alcoholism -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Harm reduction.
Medical policy.
Substance-Related Disorders
Harm Reduction
Health Policy
Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- Nervous System (incl. Brain)
MEDICAL -- Neurology.
Medical policy
Harm reduction
Alcoholism
Substance abuse
Genre/Form handbooks.
Handbooks and manuals
Handbooks and manuals.
Guides et manuels.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780203871171
0203871170
9780415409650
0415409659