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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'...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Darke, Shane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Colección:International research monographs in the addictions.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Heroin and addict 'careers'
  • Chapter 2. Parents and childhood
  • Chapter 3. Early teenage years: the onset of substance use
  • Chapter 4. The mid to late teens: commencing heroin use
  • Chapter 5. The 20s and 30s: the heroin and polydrug use
  • Chapter 6. The drug treatment cycle: remission and relapse
  • Chapter 7. The older heroin user: the 40s and beyond
  • Chapter 8. Death: rates and causes
  • Chapter 9. Conclusions: an inevitable life and death?