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Understanding Addiction Behaviours: Theoretical and Clinical Practice in Health and Social Care
G.hussein Rassool
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Description for Understanding Addiction Behaviours: Theoretical and Clinical Practice in Health and Social Care
Paperback. Are you looking for a book that is about more than just drugs or alcohol misuse? This comprehensive text uniquely examines both pharmacological and non-pharmacological addictions. Highlighting the multi-professional nature of work in this area, it examines current theory and research, effects, assessment and intervention strategies available. Num Pages: 312 pages, 54 black & white tables, 1 figures. BIC Classification: JFFH1; MMH; MMZR; MQCL5; VFJK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Understanding addiction has never been more important, as many professionals, from counsellors and nurses, to social workers and health psychologists, encounter addictive behaviour on a daily basis. Looking at addiction in all of its forms, this multi-disciplinary book provides a comprehensive introduction to the substances and the activities which can lead to excessive and addictive behaviour. It discusses pharmacological addictions, including both legal and illegal substances. It also covers non-pharmacological dependencies (such as internet addiction, eating disorders, gambling and sexual addiction) which, despite their prevalence, are often absent from the literature on addiction. Drawing on the field's broad ... Read more
Understanding addiction has never been more important, as many professionals, from counsellors and nurses, to social workers and health psychologists, encounter addictive behaviour on a daily basis. Looking at addiction in all of its forms, this multi-disciplinary book provides a comprehensive introduction to the substances and the activities which can lead to excessive and addictive behaviour. It discusses pharmacological addictions, including both legal and illegal substances. It also covers non-pharmacological dependencies (such as internet addiction, eating disorders, gambling and sexual addiction) which, despite their prevalence, are often absent from the literature on addiction. Drawing on the field's broad ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230240193
SKU
V9780230240193
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About G.hussein Rassool
G.HUSSEIN RASSOOL Director of Inter Cultural Therapy Centre, Mauritius (Counselling & Psychotherapy) and Independent Consultant in Addiction and Mental Health for the Mauritius Institute of Health, UNAIDS, National Aids Secretariat. He is also a Visiting Professor of Addiction & Mental Health at the Universidade de Sao Paulo, and the Universidade de Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has over 40 years of ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding Addiction Behaviours: Theoretical and Clinical Practice in Health and Social Care
'Students from both health and social care disciplines will find Understanding Addiction Behaviours particularly useful.' - Anne Parry, DRUGLINK September/October 2012 'This book has been a pleasure to read and is one of the most concise substance use/addiction text books I have read in some time. It is a comprehensive snap shot of the fast changing context of addiction and ... Read more