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Author: Christine Wekerle ,
Anne-Marie Wall
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Brunner-Routledge
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.880kg
ISBN: 9780876309599
ISBN 10: 0876309597
Pages: 388
Publication Date: 01 February 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
... Wekerle and Wall...present 16 contributions, penned mostly by psychologists and psychiatrists, that attempt to grapple with the overlapping issues between relationship violence and addictions.. <br>-Book News, Inc., Portland, Oregon <br> [This book] address the addiction-violence overlap by assembling state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment. This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence. <br>- Family Therapy: The Journal of the California Graduate School of Family Psychology, Volume 29, Number 2, 2002 <br> This well-written, scholarly book by Wekerle and Wall provides an excellent overview of current information on the overlap between violence and substance abuse. It represents a major contribution to the field ofviolence and mental health research, and will be a highly valuable resource for investigators, educators, clinicians, policy makers and students. This volume includes comprehensive reviews that combine theory and research findings in examining the links among child maltreatment, partner violence and substance abuse. It is comprehensive, highly readable and brings clarity to the often complex issues surrounding the relationship between violence and addictions. In addition to enhancing our understanding of what is known currently about the violence/substance abuse connections, this much-needed work identifies areas of controversy, gaps in the field, and directions for future research. <br>-Harriet MacMillan, M.D.<br> This book is a well-organized and well-edited collection of papers on the complex problem of addiction and violence. The editors of provide useful opening and concluding chapters that admirably introduce the book and summarize and focus its conclusions. All chapters are exceptionally well supported by their bibliographic thoroughness. The Violence and Addiction Equation will be particularly important to policy makers, health care leaders, and administrators in planning and staffing programs.. <br>-Joe Tupin, M.D., Psychiatric Services, December 2002, Vol.53, No. 12 <br> The Violence and Addiction Equation addresses the addiction-violence overlap by assembing state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment....This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence. <br>-Adolescence <br>
...Wekerle and Wall...present 16 contributions, penned mostly by psychologists and psychiatrists, that attempt to grapple with the overlapping issues between relationship violence and addictions. -- Book News, Inc., Portland, Oregon [This book] address the addiction-violence overlap by assembling state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment. This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence. -- Family Therapy: The Journal of the California Graduate School of Family Psychology This well-written, scholarly book by Wekerle and Wall provides an excellent overview of current information on the overlap between violence and substance abuse. It represents a major contribution to the field of violence and mental health research, and will be a highly valuable resource for investigators, educators, clinicians, policy makers and students. This volume includes comprehensive reviews that combine theory and research findings in examining the links among child maltreatment, partner violence and substance abuse. It is comprehensive, highly readable and brings clarity to the often complex issues surrounding the relationship between violence and addictions. In addition to enhancing our understanding of what is known currently about the violence/substance abuse connections, this much-needed work identifies areas of controversy, gaps in the field, and directions for future research. -- Harriet MacMillan, M.D. This book is a well-organized and well-edited collection of papers on the complex problem of addiction and violence. The editors of provide useful opening and concluding chapters that admirably introduce the book and summarize and focus its conclusions. All chapters are exceptionally well supported by their bibliographic thoroughness. The Violence and Addiction Equation will be particularly important to policy makers, health care leaders, and administrators in planning and staffing programs. -- Joe Tupin, M.D., Psychiatric Services, December 2002, Vol.53, No. 12 The Violence and Addiction Equation addresses the addiction-violence overlap by assembing state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment...This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence. -- Adolescence
... Wekerle and Wall...present 16 contributions, penned mostly by psychologists and psychiatrists, that attempt to grapple with the overlapping issues between relationship violence and addictions.. -Book News, Inc., Portland, Oregon [This book] address the addiction-violence overlap by assembling state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment. This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence. - Family Therapy: The Journal of the California Graduate School of Family Psychology, Volume 29, Number 2, 2002 This well-written, scholarly book by Wekerle and Wall provides an excellent overview of current information on the overlap between violence and substance abuse. It represents a major contribution to the field ofviolence and mental health research, and will be a highly valuable resource for investigators, educators, clinicians, policy makers and students. This volume includes comprehensive reviews that combine theory and research findings in examining the links among child maltreatment, partner violence and substance abuse. It is comprehensive, highly readable and brings clarity to the often complex issues surrounding the relationship between violence and addictions. In addition to enhancing our understanding of what is known currently about the violence/substance abuse connections, this much-needed work identifies areas of controversy, gaps in the field, and directions for future research. -Harriet MacMillan, M.D. This book is a well-organized and well-edited collection of papers on the complex problem of addiction and violence. The editors of provide useful opening and concluding chapters that admirably introduce the book and summarize and focus its conclusions. All chapters are exceptionally well supported by their bibliographic thoroughness. The Violence and Addiction Equation will be particularly important to policy makers, health care leaders, and administrators in planning and staffing programs.. -Joe Tupin, M.D., Psychiatric Services, December 2002, Vol.53, No. 12 The Violence and Addiction Equation addresses the addiction-violence overlap by assembing state-of-the-art theory and research in these areas to document the connection and the problem while also exploring prevention and treatment....This book represents a primary effort to pull together separate fields and offer essential assistance to researchers and practitioners working to alleviate the combined impact of addiction and violence. -Adolescence
Author Information
Christine Wekerle, PhD, is Scientific Leader of the Aggression Initiative in the Child Psychiatry Program at the Center for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto, Ontario. She is also and Associate of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution at York University. She has published in the areas of violence and its prevention, including child maltreatment and adolescent dating violence, and had most recently conducted collaborative research projects on the overlap between substance use and abuse and relationship violence. Anne-Marie Wall, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology, Clinical Program, at York University in Toronto, Ontario. At York, she is also an Associate of the LaMarsh Centre for Research on Violence and Conflict Resolution. Dr. Wall had published in the area of addiction, with a focus on environmental and cognitive determinants of alcohol use and abuse. Her current collaborative research endeavors span the areas of substance use/abuse and risk-taking behaviors, as well as cognitive mechanisms involved in the mediation of intimate violence among adolescents and adults.
