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The life of the heroin user : typical beginnings, trajectories and outcomes /
"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'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Colección: | International research monographs in the addictions.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "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 opium 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"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xv, 188 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139128049 1139128043 9781139117388 1139117386 9780511732249 0511732244 1283296128 9781283296120 9781139115216 1139115219 9786613296122 6613296120 9781139123136 1139123130 |