The impact of addictive substances and behaviours on individual and societal well-being
Anderson
Rehm, Jurgen TContributor
Room, RobinContributor
Anderson, PeterContributor
This work outlines an innovative and fascinating new framework for understanding the harm that addictive substances and behaviours can cause. Taking a holistic approach and with well-being as a central tenet, it demonstrates how using different methods can lead to a more just and evidence-based approach to dealing with addictions.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work outlines an innovative and fascinating new framework for understanding the harm that addictive substances and behaviours can cause. Taking a holistic approach and with well-being as a central tenet, it demonstrates how using different methods can lead to a more just and evidence-based approach to dealing with addictions.
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 24, 2015).
Introduction to addictive behaviours -- Passive vulnerability or active agency? an ecological and evolutionary perspective on human drug use -- What are addictive substances and behaviours and how far do they extend? -- Well-being as a framework for understanding addictive substances -- The effects of addictive substances and addictive behaviours on physical and mental health -- Drug and alcohol policy for European youth : current evidence and recommendations for integrated policies and research strategies -- Addictive substances and behaivours and social justice -- Impact of the economic recession on addiction-prone behaviours -- Social costs of addiction in Europe -- Addictive substances and socioeconomic development -- Addictive substances and behaviours and corruption, transparency, and governance.
Compulsive Behavior
Drinking Behavior
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Mental Disorders
Population Characteristics
Diseases
Sociology
Psychiatry and Psychology
Health Care
Chemicals and Drugs
Behavior
Social Sciences
Impulsive Behavior
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Substance-Related Disorders
Alcohol Drinking
Socioeconomic Factors
Street Drugs
Behavior, Addictive
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Social Welfare & Social Work - General