The Life of the Heroin User - Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes (Hardcover)

Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage of the user's life, including childhood, routes to use, the development of dependence, problems arising from addiction, death and options for treatment and prevention. Drawing on over two decades of experience in the field of opiate research, Shane Darke examines major theoretical approaches to the development of opiate dependence and the efficacy of treatment options for opiate dependence. Key points are presented at the end of each chapter. The most detailed review available of what is likely to happen to the dependent heroin user, this is an important book for clinicians, researchers and students in the fields of drug and alcohol studies and public health.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	International Research Monographs in the Addictions
Release date:	August 2011
First published:	August 2011
Authors:	Shane Darke
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	204
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-00063-6
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > Addiction & therapy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Illness & addiction: social aspects > Drug addiction & substance abuse
LSN:	1-107-00063-7
Barcode:	9781107000636

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