The life of the heroin user : typical beginnings, trajectories and outcomes / / Shane Darke [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Darke Shane
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 188 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 362.29/3
• Soggetto topico: Heroin abuse; Heroin abuse - Treatment; Substance abuse; Substance abuse - Treatment
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Heroin and addict 'careers' -- Parents and childhood -- Early teenage years: the onset of substance use -- The mid to late teens: commencing heroin use -- The 20s and 30s: heroin and polydrug use -- The drug treatment cycle: remission and relapse -- The older heroin user: the 40s and beyond -- Death: rates and causes -- Conclusions: an inevitable life and death?
• Sommario/riassunto: Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage of the user's life, including childhood, routes to use, the development of dependence, problems arising from addiction, death and options for treatment and prevention. Drawing on over two decades of experience in the field of opiate research, Shane Darke examines major theoretical approaches to the development of opiate dependence and the efficacy of treatment options for opiate dependence. Key points are presented at the end of each chapter. The most detailed review available of what is likely to happen to the dependent heroin user, this is an important book for clinicians, researchers and students in the fields of drug and alcohol studies and public health.
• Titolo autorizzato: The life of the heroin user
• ISBN: 1-139-12467-6; 1-107-21992-2; 1-283-29612-8; 1-139-12313-0; 9786613296122; 1-139-11738-6; 1-139-12804-3; 1-139-11302-X; 0-511-73224-4; 1-139-11521-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458022803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International research monographs in the addictions.