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  • Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity

    Research and public policy

    by Thomas F. Babor, Sally Casswell, Kathryn Graham, Taisia Huckle, Michael Livingston, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow, Bundit Sornpaisarn, Esa Österberg, Jürgen Rehm ...
    Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents, in a comprehensive, practical, and readily accessible form, the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Drug Policy and the Public Good

    by Thomas Babor, Jonathan Caulkins, Benedikt Fischer, David Foxcroft, Keith Humphreys, Isidore Obot, Peter Reuter, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow, John Strang, María Elena Medina-Mora, Jürgen Rehm ...
    Illegal psychoactive substances and illicit prescription drugs are currently used on a daily basis all over the world. Affecting public health and social welfare, illicit drug use is linked to disease, disability, and social problems. Faced with an increase in usage, national and global policymakers are turning to addiction science for guidance on how to create evidence-based drug policy. Drug ... Read more

    $51.29 USD

  • Youth Drinking Cultures

    European Experiences

    by Margaretha Järvinen, Robin Room ...
    How can 'binge drinking' be explained and understood? Is alcohol consumption related to the particular cultural characteristics of some European countries? Should heavy drinking cultures be seen as a mainstream youth phenomenon or as marginal - and is this different in different countries? A team of leading researchers addresses these questions and more in their analysis of the alcohol consumption ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Impact of Addictive Substances and Behaviours on Individual and Societal Well-being

    Edited by Peter Anderson, Robin Room, Jürgen Rehm ...
    Series series Governance Of Addictive Substances & Behaviours
    Impact of Addictive Substances and Behaviours on Individual and Societal Well-being 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 ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

  • Setting Limits

    Gambling, Science and Public Policy

    by Pekka Sulkunen, Thomas F. Babor, Jenny Cisneros Ornberg, Michael Egerer, Matilda Hellman, Charles Livingstone, Virve Marionneau, Janne Nikkinen, Jim Orford, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow ...
    Commercial gambling is a recent historical phenomenon. It has developed into a profitable industry that supplies a range of recreational activities to its customers, and is a significant way of collecting money from players to distribute to companies, state budgets, and other beneficiaries. Many of these are civil society organizations, using the money for producing services in sports, culture, ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

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  • Mental Disorder in Canada

    An Epidemiological Perspective

    by John Cairney, David L. Streiner ...
    Canada has long been recognized as a leader in the field of psychiatric epidemiology, the study of the factors affecting mental health in populations. However, there has never been a book dedicated to the study of mental disorder at a population level in Canada. This collection of essays by leading scholars in the discipline uses data from the country's first national survey of mental disorder, ... Read more

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  • Increasing Awareness of Child and Adolescent Mental Health

    by Charlotte Allenou, Charles Baily, Cornelio Banaag, Philippe Birmes, Rossana Bisceglia, Rodrigo Chazan, C Cheung, Vanessa Loi-Yan Chu, Eric Fombonne, Tamsin Ford, Jean-Yves Hayez, Franck Hazane, Schuyler Henderson, Jennifer Jenkins, Kazu Kobayashi, Bertrand Olliac, Maryland Pao, Guilherme Polanczyk, Robertas Povilaitis, Dainius Puras, Lisa Reisinger, Luis Rohde, Kapil Sayal, Sadaaki Shirataki, Rebecca Simon, Mandy Steiman, Emily Swinkin, Stevan Weine, Virginia Chun-Nei Wong, Yi Zheng ...
    In this volume, Elena Garralda and Jean-Philippe Raynaud aim to contribute to advancing awareness of child and adolescent mental health within an international framework that gives special consideration to problems arising in different contexts around the world and through expert views supported by empirical evidence and considering clinical implications.There is increasing recognition worldwide ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Substance Abuse Disorders

    Evidence and Experience

    Edited by Mario Maj, Hamid Ghodse, Helen Herrman, Norman Sartorius ...
    Substance abuse disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders and are frequently comorbid with other psychiatric and health conditions and accompanied by social problems; however, they remain under-recognized and under-treated. Many physicians and mental health practitioners receive little-to-no training in the identification and treatment of these disorders. Approaches to their ... Read more

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  • Homelessness & Health in Canada

    Edited by Manal Guirguis-Younger, Stephen W. Hwang, Ryan McNeil ...
    Series series Health and Society
    Homelessness & Health in Canada explores, for the first time, the social, structural, and environmental factors that shape the health of homeless persons in Canada. Covering a wide range of topics from youth homelessness to end-of-life care, the authors strive to outline policy and practice recommendations to respond to the ongoing public health crisis.This book is divided into three distinct but ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Handbook for Public Health Social Work

    by Robert Keefe, PhD, Elaine T. Jurkowski, PhD, MSW ...
    Public health social work is an interdisciplinary, epidemiologically oriented approach to improving human health and well-being. About one quarter of all social workers in the United States currently work in medical or public health settings, a number that is expected to increase significantly in coming years. This handbook, written and edited by respected leaders of the Social Work Section of the ... Read more

    $61.19 USD

  • Introduction to Public Health in Pharmacy

    Edited by Bruce Levin, Ardis Hanson, Peter D. Hurd ...
    Pharmacists are on the frontlines of public health. Their public-facing roles uniquely position them to identify and address emerging disease challenges, discrepancies in health literacy, and barriers to treatment in the communities they serve. In today's interconnected world, the clients consulting a neighborhood pharmacist are just as likely to hail from across an ocean as they are from around ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Community Mental Health

    Putting Policy Into Practice Globally

    Edited by Graham Thornicroft, Atalay Alem, Robert E. Drake, Hiroto Ito, Jair Mari, Peter McGeorge, R. Tara, Maya Semrau ...
    Series Book 29 - World Psychiatric Association
    There are wide inconsistencies between, and even within, countries in how community-orientated care is defined and interpreted. The analysis presented in this book take as a starting point an evidence-based balanced care model in which services are provided in community settings close to the populations served, with hospital stays being reduced as far as possible, usually located in acute wards in ... Read more

    $74.00 USD