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Titolo: | Substance use and abuse in South Africa [[electronic resource] ] : insights from brain and behavioural sciences / / editors George F.R. Ellis ... [et al.] |
Pubblicazione: | Cape Town, : UCT Press, 2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (410 p.) |
Disciplina: | 616.8600968 |
Soggetto topico: | Substance abuse - South Africa |
Substance abuse - South Africa - Etiology | |
Substance abuse - South Africa - Psychological aspects | |
Drug abuse - South Africa | |
Altri autori: | EllisGeorge F. R (George Francis Rayner) |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the contributors; Introduction Substance use and abuse in South Africa; Epidemiology and Symptomatology; 1. Epidemiology of substance use and abuse in South Africa; 2. The clinical presentation of substance-related disorders in South Africa; 3. Developmental consequences of prenatal drug and alcohol exposure; 4. Women and alcohol; Neuroscience and Psychiatry; 5. Addiction as virtual seeking: evolutionary insights into addiction; 6. Genetics and molecular biology; 7. Brain imaging and neural circuitry in methamphetamine users |
8. Affective neuroscience of methamphetamine abuse9. Neurocognitive effects of alcohol abuse and dependence; 10. Neuropsychoanalytic notes on addiction; 11. Decision-making and substance abuse: a South African perspective; 12. Animal models of substance abuse; Intervention and Policy; 13. Youth and substances; 14. Evaluated interventions to prevent substance abuse among young South Africans; 15. Interpersonal violence in South Africa and substance misuse: connections and approaches to prevention; 16. Substance use, stigma and health literacy: a conceptual framework | |
17. Addiction: philosophy and ethics18. Clinical treatment of substance use disorders in South Africa; 19. Substance abuse policy in South Africa; Index; Back Cover | |
Sommario/riassunto: | <P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>The result of groundbreaking research conducted by members of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, this is the first book to address the nature of substance use and abuse in an integrated way. Looking at a range of perspectives, from brain imaging to the psychology of addiction, this account also discusses substance abuse policy and prevention. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Substance use and abuse in South Africa |
ISBN: | 1-920541-64-0 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910829585503321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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