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Title Substance misuse : the implications of research, policy and practice / edited by Joy Barlow
Published London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations
Series Research highlights in social work ; 53
Research highlights in social work ; 53.
Contents Part I. THE HISTORY OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL POLICY -- -- How We Got to Where We Are Now / Charlie Lloyd -- -- Part II. ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO -- -- Is Alcohol Different? -- -- Alcohol : attitudes, beliefs and practice / Jack Law -- The importance of partnerships in alcohol policy and regulation / Gerard Vaughan and Megan Larken -- -- Fresh Air? -- -- Second-hand smoke / Sally Haw -- Second chance learning : a community-development approach to smoking cessation / Margaret Black, Anne Bryce and Linda McKie -- -- Part III. TREATMENTS AND RECOVERY, AND THE WIDER IMPACTS OF SUBSTANCE MISUSE -- -- Treatment and Recovery -- -- Anything under the sun? / Brian A. Kidd -- Does drug treatment in Scotland work? / Neil McKeganey -- -- Employment and Problem Drug Use -- -- The role of employment in recovery from problem drug use / Joanne Neale and Peter A. Kemp -- Employment projects : examples in practice / Bernadette Monaghan -- -- Children Affected by Parental Drug and Alcohol Misuse -- -- Hidden harm : working with serious parental drug misuse / Donald Forrester -- The role of training in changing the lives of children affected by parental substance misuse / Joyce Nicholson -- -- We Are Family -- -- The role of families / Vivienne Evans -- Making family a part of the treatment / Maurizio Coletti -- -- Drugs and Crime / Toby Seddon -- -- Part IV. PREVENTION -- -- Redefining Drug Prevention / Harry Sumnall and Lisa Jones -- Children, Young People and Prevention / Richard Ives -- The Impact of Social Exclusion and Poverty on Education and Prevention -- -- Diverse communities -- diverse needs : delivering information on drugs and drug services to members of Black and minority ethnic communities / Jane Fountain -- Wider prevention : poverty and social exclusion / James Egan -- -- Part V. INTEGRATED SERVICES AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT -- -- Integrated Services : The Glasgow Experience / Neil Hunter -- -- Messages for the Workforce / Joy Barlow
Summary Here, leading international contributors outline holistic and specialist approaches to policy and practice, and highlight the shift in emphasis from immediate risk minimization of substance misuse to long-term recovery, the importance of prevention and the pivotal role of workforce development
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Drug abuse.
Drug abuse -- Treatment.
Drug abuse -- Prevention.
Medical policy.
Substance-Related Disorders -- prevention & control
Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy
Health Policy
Substance-Related Disorders
Drug & Substance Abuse: Social Aspects.
Addiction & Therapy.
SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
Health and Fitness.
Medical policy
Drug abuse
Drug abuse -- Prevention
Drug abuse -- Treatment
Narkotikamissbruk.
NarkomanvÄrd.
Narkotikamissbruk -- prevention.
Form Electronic book
Author Barlow, Joy
LC no. 2009024852
ISBN 9780857002198
0857002198
9781843106968
1843106965
9786612750106
6612750103
1282750100
9781282750104