Sjukdom & missbruk: sociala aspekter

The helplessness often felt by families involved with drinkers is frequently shared by professionals and by the drinkers themselves. This book uses these parallel experiences to build a resource that provides an understanding of why people may dri...

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This volume reviews recent research into the nature and effects of addiction and considers the usefulness of policies which aim to prevent it. The contributors focus on topics such as smoking, alcoholism, gambling and injecting drug use, examining...

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`[the book addresses] through the use of real case studies, the barriers that can be encountered by people suffering mental distress and their relatives in getting access to appropriate care and treatment. The case studies come from the experience...

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Focusing on the needs of children of substance misusing parents and the dilemmas faced by professionals working with them, this comprehensive book brings together for the first time theoretical and practice issues for all those involved with the c...

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Concept-based therapeutic communities emerged out of the informal group meetings of Charles Dederich and a number of former Alcoholics Anonymous members in California in the late 1950s. The model was exported worldwide and has not only become the ...

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Finding out that your child has Asperger's Syndrome or Autism can be devastating enough, but when you discover that he or she won't eat 99.9 per cent of all food and drink in the known universe, the fun really starts. This was the situat...

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Ayelet spent six years of her adolescence in and out of hospital, having been diagnosed as suffering from a severe anorexia disorder. She is now a special needs teacher. In the first part of this book Ayelet describes her personal experiences of t...

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Produced as part of the Royal College of Psychiatrists' anti-stigma campaign , "Changing Minds", this text is a revised edition of the original Internet and CD-ROM version, comprising a collection of 90 learned articles, personal perspec...

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Recogonizing that scaling up NGO programmes involves more than just additional resources, Making an Impact in HIV and AIDS analyses when expansion is appropriate, how to make it effective, how to measure the costs, and what the implications for or...

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Stepping Stones & Stepping Stones Plus manuals grew out of a need to counter the prejudice and fear surrounding HIV, and to foster strong and mutually respectful relationships It is designed to help trainers and community members organize workshop...

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Stepping Stones with Children (available in Swahili) covers a wide range of topics with a gendered and child-rights focused framework and is essential reading for social workers, community workers, health workers and NGO staff working on programme...

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Ciaran O'Connor looks at how gaming and addiction have come together so rapidly in recent years. Mobile based gaming and free-to-play games have revolutionised the gaming world - but what are the implications of this? And how does it affect curren...

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Ciaran O'Connor looks at how gaming and addiction have come together so rapidly in recent years. Mobile based gaming and free-to-play games have revolutionised the gaming world - but what are the implications of this? And how does it affect curren...

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Ciaran O'Connor looks at how gaming and addiction have come together so rapidly in recent years. Mobile based gaming and free-to-play games have revolutionised the gaming world - but what are the implications of this? And how does it affect curren...

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This text introduces readers to the setting up and running of a drug support group and illustrates the underlying approach of providing mutual support for everyone involved. It highlights the problems which illegal drug use can bring, not just to ...

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A review of the effectiveness of key strategies designed to achieve a significant reduction in levels of problem drinking. These strategies are described and assessed by some of the world's authorities on the use of alcohol and its related problems.

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Brings together a wide range of contemporary and historical evidence on the consumption of alcohol and its associated adverse consequences and benefits amongst women. The text presents a discussion of the widespread ambivalence or hostility toward...

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This work examines the social, political and health policy contexts within which alcohol treatment policy has emerged and changed since 1950. Three themes are highlighted as particularly relevant to an examination of policy trends: The emergence a...

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Gambling has recently become a major mainstream leisure activity. For most people it is an enjoyable, exciting entertainment, but for a minority it becomes a destructive dependency. This practical book is designed for those involved with a problem...

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The phenomenon of addictive shopping is a popular subject for the media. The stereotype of those who indulge in it - women who are affluent and slightly bored does not present an accurate picture. In this book the contributors, from either persona...

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Containing over 50 activities (exercises, worksheets and games) which can be used in working with children, adolescents or families, this text aims to encourage creativity in therapy and assist in talking with children to facilitate change.

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The guide gives the practitioner an understanding of why children and adolescents may come to play fruit machines/video games to excess and includes knowledge about the risk factors involved in this. It includes practical and common-sense interven...

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It aims to provide the practitioner with a description of depression, an explanation of factors that contribute to mood disorders and guidance on their assessment and treatment in adolescence. In addition, it aims to provide a framework for the as...

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This guide provides information about aggression and its development during childhood and adolescence. It introduces bullying as a subset of aggressive behaviour, highlights research on the nature and extent of bullying in schools and outlines som...

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Guiding the reader through definitions, causation, assessment and treatment, the book offers a useful insight into this complex area whilst offering practical advice on how to deal with panic disorder and anxiety.

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Drugs and drug use are an integral part of human culture. Yet we know hardly anything about drugs, at least not the kind of knowledge that would help us to understand how drugs affect people and how people beome addicted to drugs. This is most sur...

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One man's journey through alcoholism, and what helped him recover. During his drinking days Paul Campbell let down and hurt many people - his family and loved ones in particular. Alcoholism is known as the family illness and it truly is. Before al...

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This book is intended for academics, postgraduates and undergraduates in criminology, social policy, social work, European studies as well as professional interest groups including social workers and a range of public/voluntary sector agencies. Th...

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First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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