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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.
Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has
risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among
drug-using populations. What are the clinical, ethical and
psychopathological implications of these deaths? In this book,
Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review
of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, demography, and associated
risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality. In addition, they
examine and evaluate interventions to reduce these deaths. The
major causes of death among illicit drug users are overdose,
disease, suicide and trauma. Each is independently examined. This
is an important book for all clinicians and policy makers involved
in issues relating to illicit drug use.
Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has
risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among
drug-using populations. What are the clinical, ethical and
psychopathological implications of these deaths? In this book,
Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review
of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, demography, and associated
risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality. In addition, they
examine and evaluate interventions to reduce these deaths. The
major causes of death among illicit drug users are overdose,
disease, suicide and trauma. Each is independently examined. This
is an important book for all clinicians and policy makers involved
in issues relating to illicit drug use.
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