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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808128103321

Autore

Durrant Russil

Titolo

Substance use & abuse : cultural and historical perspectives / / Russil Durrant, Jo Thakker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2003

ISBN

9781322414881

1322414882

9780761923428

076192342X

9781452262963

1452262969

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 311 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

ThakkerJo

Disciplina

306/.1

Soggetti

Drug abuse - Social aspects

Substance abuse - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-289) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 - What Needs to Be Explained and How Should We Explain It?; Chapter 2 - The Nature and Scope of Substance Use and Abuse; Chapter 3 - An Evolutionary Perspective; Chapter 4 - Drugs in History; Chapter 5 - The Forces of History: Explaining Patterns of Use and Abuse; Chapter 6 - Drugs and Culture; Chapter 7 - The Role of Culture: Explaining Patterns of Use; Chapter 8 - Conceptualizing and Treating Substance Use Problems: A Cultural-Historical Perspective; Chapter 9 - Prevention, Treatment, and Public Policy: An Integrated Perspective

ReferencesAuthor Index; Subject Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

The primary goal of the authors is to explore the cultural & historical variables that provide a contextual base to drug abuse. They demonstrate how this approach can be integrated within a mainstream biopsychosocial perspective.