Drug use in Australia : preventing harm / edited by Margaret Hamilton, Trevor King and Alison Ritter
Publication details: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 2017. Description: xv, 320 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: 970195514803Subject(s): Drug abuse - Australia | Drug abuse - social aspects - Australia | Drugs - AustraliaDDC classification: 362.290994 DRU| Item type | Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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English Lending
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Villa College QI Campus | Villa College Library | 362.290994 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 9799 |
Contents include:
1. Drugs in society: a social history
2. The pharmacological dimension of psychoactive drugs
3. The epidemiology of Australian drug use
4. Grand theories of drug use
5. The social context of drug use
6. Psychological theories of drug use and dependence
7. Alcohol and aboriginal society: heavy drinking and allied responses
8. Women and drugs
9. Adolescent substance use
10. Addressing drug problems: the case for harm minimisation
11. Law enforcement and harm minimisation
12. Preventing drug-related harm
13. Community approaches
14. Developing the drug and alcohol workforce: our biggest challenge?
15. Harm reduction with problem users
16. Specialist interventions in treating clients with alcohol and drug problems
17. Pharmacotherapy maintenance treatment
18. Contemporary issues and challenges for the future
19. Demystifying the language of drugs: a select glossary of terms
Includes bibliography and index
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