Tackling Addiction - Pathways to Recovery (Paperback)

The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers in recent years, but the meaning of the concept remains ambiguous. This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and criminal justice and centres on current developments in addiction policy and practice. Tackling Addiction examines what recovery, addiction and dependence really mean, not only to the professional involved in rehabilitation but also to each individual client, and how 'coerced treatment' fails to take account of recovery as a long-term and ongoing process. Chapters cover the influence of crime and public health in UK drug policy; the ongoing emphasis on substitute prescribing; the role of recovery groups and communities; and gendered differences in the recovery process and implications for responses aimed at supporting women. Tackling Addiction will be essential reading for practitioners, researchers, policy makers and students in the fields of addiction, social care, psychology and criminal justice.

General

Imprint:	Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	March 2010
First published:	March 2010
Contributors:	David Best • Wendy Dawson • George Deleon • Brian Kidd
Editors:	Margaret Malloch
Contributors:	Tim McSweeney • Mark Gilman • Alex Stevens • Betsy Thom • Albert Zandvoort
Dimensions:	228 x 156 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-84905-017-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social work > Counselling Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse Books > Medicine > General issues > Public health & preventive medicine > Personal & public health > General
LSN:	1-84905-017-1
Barcode:	9781849050173

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