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Substance Misuse

The Implications of Research, Policy and Practice

by Anne Bryce, Maurizio Coletti, Donald Forrester, James Egan, Jo Neale, Harry Sumnall, Margaret Black, Sally Haw, Gerard Vaughn, Richard Ives, Neil Hunter, Bernadette Monaghan, Jane Fountain, Joyce Nicholson, Linda McKie, Lisa Jones, Peter Kemp, Brian Kidd, Neil McKeganey, Charlie Llyod, Megan Larken, Jack Law, Viv Evans, Toby Seddon ...

Series series Research Highlights in Social Work
Substance misuse and its pervasive problems is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professionals today. With heightened political and policy emphasis on all aspects of substance misuse, it is paramount that professionals remain up-to-date on current issues and their responsibilities. Based on research and evidence, this book provides a sound basis for grounded and innovative ... Read more

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Substance misuse and its pervasive problems is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professionals today. With heightened political and policy emphasis on all aspects of substance misuse, it is paramount that professionals remain up-to-date on current issues and their responsibilities. Based on research and evidence, this book provides a sound basis for grounded and innovative
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Adult Drug and Alcohol Problems, Children's Needs, Second Edition

An Interdisciplinary Training Resource for Professionals - with Practice and Assessment Tools, Exercises and Pro Formas

by Joy Barlow, Di Hart, Jane Powell ...

Parental drug use can cause serious harm to children. Adult Drug and Alcohol Problems, Children's Needs supports practitioners in their work with families where parental drug use leads to concerns about children's welfare.The training resource contains:· summaries of the key messages for practitioners· tools and tips to support effective practice· training and development activities· practice ... Read more

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Parental drug use can cause serious harm to children. Adult Drug and Alcohol Problems, Children's Needs supports practitioners in their work with families where parental drug use leads to concerns about children's welfare.The training resource contains:· summaries of the key messages for practitioners· tools and tips to support effective practice· training and development activities· practice
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A Wolf at the Table

A Memoir of My Father

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"As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we'd ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes…I wasn't altogether sure about one thing: was it just a dream?"When Augusten ... Read more

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"As a little boy, I had a dream that my father had taken me to the woods where there was a dead body. He buried it and told me I must never tell. It was the only thing we'd ever done together as father and son, and I promised not to tell. But unlike most dreams, the memory of this one never left me. And sometimes…I wasn't altogether sure about one thing: was it just a dream?"When Augusten
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Memoirs of an Addicted Brain

A Neuroscientist Examines his Former Life on Drugs

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Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie heyday, he found methamphetamine and LSD and heroin. He sniffed nitrous oxide in Malaysia and frequented Calcutta's opium dens. Ultimately, though, ... Read more

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Marc Lewis's relationship with drugs began in a New England boarding school where, as a bullied and homesick fifteen-year-old, he made brief escapes from reality by way of cough medicine, alcohol, and marijuana. In Berkeley, California, in its hippie heyday, he found methamphetamine and LSD and heroin. He sniffed nitrous oxide in Malaysia and frequented Calcutta's opium dens. Ultimately, though,
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Switching Time

A Doctor's Harrowing Story of Treating a Woman with 17 Personalities

by Richard Baer ...

"[A]n absorbing journey through a psychiatrist’s dauntingly challenging first case of multiple personality disorder--from the beginning of therapy to stable integration and recovery."-- Colin Ross, author of Multiple Personality Order and The Osiris ComplexIn 1989, Karen Overhill walks into psychiatrist Richard Baer’s office seeking help for her depression and a persistent memory problem: she ... Read more

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"[A]n absorbing journey through a psychiatrist’s dauntingly challenging first case of multiple personality disorder--from the beginning of therapy to stable integration and recovery."-- Colin Ross, author of Multiple Personality Order and The Osiris ComplexIn 1989, Karen Overhill walks into psychiatrist Richard Baer’s office seeking help for her depression and a persistent memory problem: she
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Close Encounters with Addiction

by Gabor Maté ...

Close Encounters With Addiction is an ebook adaptation of a lecture Dr. Gabor Maté gave in Los Angeles about his experience as a physician treating patients with addiction, trauma, and mental illness. ... Read more

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Close Encounters With Addiction is an ebook adaptation of a lecture Dr. Gabor Maté gave in Los Angeles about his experience as a physician treating patients with addiction, trauma, and mental illness.
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American Dream

Three Women, Ten Kids, and a Nation's Drive to End Welfare

by Jason DeParle ...

In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are three cousins whose different lives follow similar trajectories. Leaving welfare, Angie puts her heart in her work. Jewell bets on an ... Read more

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In this definitive work, two-time Pulitzer finalist Jason DeParle, author of A Good Provider Is One Who Leaves, cuts between the mean streets of Milwaukee and the corridors of Washington to produce a masterpiece of literary journalism. At the heart of the story are three cousins whose different lives follow similar trajectories. Leaving welfare, Angie puts her heart in her work. Jewell bets on an
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Irresistible

The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked

by Adam Alter ...

“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers“One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue ... Read more

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“Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers“One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue
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A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health

Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems

Edited by Teresa L. Scheid, Tony N. Brown ...

The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition ... Read more

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The second edition of A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health provides a comprehensive review of the sociology of mental health. Chapters by leading scholars and researchers present an overview of historical, social and institutional frameworks. Part I examines social factors that shape psychiatric diagnosis and the measurement of mental health and illness, theories that explain the definition
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So Sad Today

Personal Essays

by Melissa Broder ...

"These essays are sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous. They reveal so much about what it is to live in this world, right now." —Roxane Gay, New York Times–bestselling author of Bad FeministFrom acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes a brutally honest collection of essays "at once devastating and delightful . . . as raw as it is funny" ( ... Read more

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"These essays are sad and uncomfortable and their own kind of gorgeous. They reveal so much about what it is to live in this world, right now." —Roxane Gay, New York Times–bestselling author of Bad FeministFrom acclaimed poet and creator of the popular twitter account @SoSadToday comes a brutally honest collection of essays "at once devastating and delightful . . . as raw as it is funny" (
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Smashed

Story of a Drunken Girlhood

by Koren Zailckas ...

Garnering a vast amount of attention from young people and parents, and from book buyers across the country, Smashed became a media sensation and a New York Times bestseller. Eye-opening and utterly gripping, Koren Zailckas’s story is that of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics—yet—but who routinely use booze as a shortcut to courage and a stand-in for good judgment.With one stiff ... Read more

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Garnering a vast amount of attention from young people and parents, and from book buyers across the country, Smashed became a media sensation and a New York Times bestseller. Eye-opening and utterly gripping, Koren Zailckas’s story is that of thousands of girls like her who are not alcoholics—yet—but who routinely use booze as a shortcut to courage and a stand-in for good judgment.With one stiff
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Quarterly Essay 18 Worried Well

The Depression Epidemic and the Medicalisation of Our Sorrows

by Gail Bell ...

Series Book 18 - Quarterly Essay
In The Worried Well, Gail Bell investigates Australia’s depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs?This is a fresh, frank and independent look at the depression culture and the move to medicalise sadness. Bell examines how the prescription culture operates, scrutinising the role of big drug companies and GPs and talking to those who take ... Read more

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In The Worried Well, Gail Bell investigates Australia’s depression epidemic. Why, she wonders, do well over a million Australians now take antidepressant drugs?This is a fresh, frank and independent look at the depression culture and the move to medicalise sadness. Bell examines how the prescription culture operates, scrutinising the role of big drug companies and GPs and talking to those who take
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