Social work with substance users
By: Anna Nelson
Publisher: SAGE
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Los Angeles; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
ISBN-13: 9781848602212; 9781848602229
Subjects: Social work with drug addicts
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-199) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Historical and contemporary context; title: 1. A social history of problematic substance use; title: 2. Anti-discriminatory/anti-oppressive practice and partnership working; title: 3. Substances and their effects; title: Part 2. Diverse populations; title: 4. Problematic substance use across the lifespan; title: 5. Gender and problematic substance use; title: 6. Working with criminal justice service users who have problematic substance use; title: 7. Problematic substance use in black and minority ethnic (BME) communities; title: 8. Problematic substance use in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) communities; title: Part 3. Concepts and models for social work practice; title: 9. Screening assessments; title: 10. Harm reduction, abstinence and 'recovery'; title: 11. Motivational approaches; title: 12. Relapse prevention; title: 13. Brief interventions; title: Part 4. Social work practice settings; title: 14. Working with problematic substance use in disability practice settings; title: 15. Dual diagnosis; title: working with co-existing problems in mental health practice settings; title: 16. Parental problematic substance use and working with families; title: 17. Problematic substance use in health care settings; title: pain, HIV and HCV.