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Understanding substance use : policy and practice.
The book will enable social work professionals to develop a critical understanding of substance use policy, theory and practice which they can use in practice.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Northwich :
Critical Publishing,
2014.
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| Colección: | Critical Approaches to Social Work.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Meet the author; Acronyms; Summary of initiatives; 1 Introduction; Overview of the chapters; 2 Social policy: the first strategy
- Tackling Drugs Together; Introduction; UK drug and alcohol policy; Developing drug policy: pre-TDT 1995; Harm minimisation and HIV/AIDS; Changes in drug use and a shared government agenda; Cross-party support, a moral engagement and stigmatisation; Drugs and crime; A partnership approach; Tackling Drugs Together 1995-7: the strategy; A cross-departmental approach.
- Prime ministerial attention and a focus on deliveryPartnership and local implementation: DATs; The community and partnership; Concluding remarks; 3 Social policy: drugs and alcohol post-1998; Introduction; Tackling Drugs to Build a Better Britain, 1998-2002: the strategy; Tackling drugs under New Labour: a 'new angle'; A moral engagement: respect, communities, drugs and crime; TDTBBB: the partnership approach continues; TDTBBB: the language of toughness and an environmental framework; Updated strategy and beyond: a narrower approach?; Drugs: Our Community, Your Say, 2007
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- Coalition and drugs: the Drug Strategy, 2010Working in partnership: drug and alcohol policy
- Alcohol Strategy 2012; Comparative drug policy; Conclusion: Chapters 2 and 3; Performance management; Harm minimisation; Power and interest; The causes of drug use: glamour?; What causes substance use: poverty?; Stigmatisation; Relative harm; A fast changing arena; A focus on delivery; Substance use policy in the UK and beyond; 4 The social and legal context of substance misuse; Introduction; Intoxication: a new phenomenon?; The moralisation of drug and alcohol use in the UK: a policy response.
- 'Normalisation' and drug useSocial and legal context: drugs; Social and legal context: alcohol; Legalisation and decriminalisation; Social and legal context of drug use beyond the UK; Harm reduction: toleration by another name?; 5 Why do people think that substance use is a problem?; Introduction; Research and substance use; Prevalence of use in the UK; Drug supply as business; Working with substance users; Young people; Substance trying; Working with young people; Risks for young people; Families and parents who are drug users; Older people; Prisoners; Mental health and 'dual diagnosis'
- 6 Approaches to substance useIntroduction; The dominant treatment approaches; The social model; The medical model; Theory and underpinning values: social and medical explanations; Theory to practice: evidence, effectiveness and managing change; Types of treatment; Treatment and effectiveness; Reducing harm and introducing control; Educational, health, social care or generic service provision; Abstinence-based programmes or treatment; Specialist, structured substance use treatment; CBT; Motivational interviewing; An initial assessment toolkit; Concluding thoughts; 7 Values; Introduction.