Drug & substance abuse: social aspects books

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Solutions Step by Step: A Substance Abuse Treatment Manual

Solutions Step by Step: A Substance Abuse Treatment...

Author: Insoo Kim Berg ,  Norman H. Reuss
ISBN: 9780393702514
Format: Paperback
$49.95

A practical guide introducing the solution-focused approach to clinicians working with substance abusers.  Read More >>

In the Open: Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic

In the Open: Diary of a Homeless Alcoholic

Author: Timothy E. Donohue
ISBN: 9780226157689
Format: Paperback
$42.95

A diary one man's struggle with homelessness and alcoholism.  Read More >>

The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature

The Serpent in the Cup: Temperance in American Literature...

Author: David S. Reynolds ,  Debra J. Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781558490826
Format: Paperback
$65.87

An exploration of America's battle with the bottle through an analysis of literature on temperance. The ten essays...  Read More >>

Drinking Patterns and their Consequences

Drinking Patterns and their Consequences

Author: Marcus Grant ,  Jorge Litvak
ISBN: 9781560327189
Format: Hardback
$237.60

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Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime

Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime

Author: Leon Pettiway
ISBN: 9781566395793
Format: Hardback
$207.24

Margaret, Charlie, Virginia, Tracy, and Laquita are all drug users who are involved in regular criminal activity....  Read More >>

Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime

Workin' It: Women Living Through Drugs and Crime

Author: Leon Pettiway
ISBN: 9781566395809
Format: Paperback
$73.79

Margaret, Charlie, Virginia, Tracy, and Laquita are all drug users who are involved in regular criminal activity:...  Read More >>

Chaos and Intoxication: Complexity and Adaptation in the Structure of Human Nature

Chaos and Intoxication: Complexity and Adaptation in...

Author: Alan Dean
ISBN: 9780415146159
Format: Paperback
$131.00

Multidisciplinary discussion of the chaotic nature of human existence. Drawing on the latest research in Neurobiology,...  Read More >>

Chaos and Intoxication: Complexity and Adaptation in the Structure of Human Nature

Chaos and Intoxication: Complexity and Adaptation in...

Author: Alan Dean
ISBN: 9780415146142
Format: Hardback
$336.00

Multidisciplinary discussion of the chaotic nature of human existence. Drawing on the latest research in Neurobiology,...  Read More >>

Psychotherapy of Cocaine Addiction: Entering the Interpersonal World of the Cocaine Addict

Psychotherapy of Cocaine Addiction: Entering the Interpersonal...

Author: David Mark ,  Jeffrey Faude
ISBN: 9780765700728
Format: Hardback
$161.04

This book is about doing psychotherapy with people who are addicted to cocaine.  Read More >>

Gender and Addictions: Men and Women in Treatment

Gender and Addictions: Men and Women in Treatment

Author: S. L.A. Straussner ,  Elizabeth Zelvin
ISBN: 9780765700704
Format: Hardback
$125.95

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Claiming Chinese Identity

Claiming Chinese Identity

Author: Elionne L. W. Belden
ISBN: 9780815329916
Format: Hardback
$368.00

A study of first generation Chinese youth and their parents in the Houston, Texas area, revealing the ways in which...  Read More >>

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome: A Guide for Families and Communities...

Author: Ann Pytkowicz Streissguth
ISBN: 9781557662835
Format: Paperback
$64.99

In this book for parents and professionals who work to help children with fetal alcohol syndrome and effects (FAS/FAE),...  Read More >>

Smoking/Secondary School Children/1996/England

Smoking/Secondary School Children/1996/England

Author: NA NA ,  Office for National Statistics
ISBN: 9780116209450
Format: Paperback
$105.57

A series of biennial surveys, begun in 1982, to estimate the prevalence of cigarette smoking among school children...  Read More >>

Community As Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special Populations and Special Settings

Community As Method: Therapeutic Communities for Special...

Author: George De Leon
ISBN: 9780275948184
Format: Hardback
$199.00

This book presents adaptations of the therapeutic community (TC) model and method for special populations of substance...  Read More >>

Crack In America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice

Crack In America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice

Author: Craig Reinarman ,  Harry G. Levine
ISBN: 9780520202429
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Focuses on crack cocaine. In reinterpreting the crack story, this book offers fresh understandings of both drug...  Read More >>

Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems

Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems

Author: Marja Holmila
ISBN: 9780333648391
Format: Hardback
$393.36

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Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems

Community Prevention of Alcohol Problems

Author: Marja Holmila
ISBN: 9780333648407
Format: Paperback
$56.90

This book is a research study of a community at work.  Read More >>

Reaching New Highs: Alternative Therapies for Drug Addicts

Reaching New Highs: Alternative Therapies for Drug Addicts...

Author: Kris Heggenhougen
ISBN: 9780765700360
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Despite national and international efforts, it appears that no standard treatment/rehabilitation programme can claim...  Read More >>

Psychotherapy In Chemical Dependence Treatment : A Practical and  Integrative Approach: A practical and integrative approach

Psychotherapy In Chemical Dependence Treatment : A Practical...

Author: George Buelow ,  Sidne Buelow
ISBN: 9780534261184
Format: Paperback
$163.55

Based on over twenty years of counselling experience, this guide provides information on the problems, techniques...  Read More >>

New Treatments for Opiate Dependence

New Treatments for Opiate Dependence

Author: Thomas R. Kosten ,  Susan M. Stine
ISBN: 9781572301900
Format: Hardback
$118.80

A guide to what exists for the treatment of opiate addiction. Standard approaches such as methadone and naltrexone...  Read More >>

Harm Reduction: A New Direction for Drug Policies and Programs

Harm Reduction: A New Direction for Drug Policies and...

Author: Patricia Erickson ,  Diane Riley
ISBN: 9780802078056
Format: Paperback
$105.00

This edited collection provides the latest in research and critical thinking on public health alternatives to conventional...  Read More >>

Sexed Work: Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market

Sexed Work: Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn...

Author: Lisa Maher (Research Fellow in the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre and the School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales)
ISBN: 9780198264958
Format: Hardback
$134.95

The focus of this book is on the drug culture on the streets of Brooklyn, from a sociological point of view. It...  Read More >>

Breaking the Chains of Cocaine: Black Male Addiction and Recovery

Breaking the Chains of Cocaine: Black Male Addiction...

Author: Oliver J. Johnson
ISBN: 9780913543290
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Addresses the problem of cocaine addiction from an African American frame of reference.  Read More >>

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