Substance use & abuse [[electronic resource] ] : cultural and historical perspectives / / Russil Durrant, Jo Thakker

• Autore: Durrant Russil
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California ; ; London, : SAGE, c2003
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 311 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.1
• Soggetto topico: Substance abuse - Social aspects; Drug abuse - Social aspects
• Altri autori: ThakkerJo
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Substance use & abuse
• ISBN: 1-322-41488-2; 0-7619-2342-X; 1-4522-6296-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808128103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II