At a world level addiction and the fall-out from substance use is affecting more and more lives. Professionals are increasingly being confronted with puzzling, multifaceted aspects of substance use, whether they work in a clinic, the laboratory or the community.If you are a member of any caring profession, sooner or later you will encounter problems caused by drugs, alcohol and tobacco. In order to understand substance use and substance users, no single discipline can provide all the answers. In a novel way, this book integrates biological science, social science and clinical experience. It draws together contributions from experts in these diverse and rapidly growing fields, providing the reader with a deeper capacity to engage with problems effectively.Drink, Drugs and Dependence includes thought-provoking examples, illustrations and test questions to support problem-based learning. Designed to be read consecutively or as a reference text, it will be a welcome resource for all those working in the field of addiction.
Author(s): Woody Caan
Edition: 1
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 272
Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures and illustrations......Page 8
Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
Foreword......Page 14
Preface......Page 16
Abbreviations......Page 18
1 What is a drug and what is addiction?......Page 22
2 Systemic effects of excess alcohol consumption......Page 37
3 Alcohol and genetic predisposition......Page 47
4 Alcohol and the brain......Page 59
5 Alcohol on the mind......Page 71
6 The sociology of alcohol abuse......Page 87
7 Alcohol and society......Page 99
8 Smoking and the lung......Page 111
9 Smoking: addiction to nicotine......Page 124
10 Helping people to stop smoking......Page 132
11 Molecular basis of addiction......Page 140
12 Ecstasy......Page 152
13 Adolescent drug use and health......Page 161
14 The nature of heroin and cocaine dependence......Page 185
15 Benzodiazepine abuse......Page 211
16 Treatment options across the addictions......Page 229
17 Rehabilitation: the long haul......Page 250
18 Policing drug abuse......Page 281
19 Prevention......Page 301
Horizon scanning......Page 316
Index......Page 320
