ABSTRACT
The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors is a definitive resource about addictive behaviors, emphasizing substance misuse, gambling, and problematic technology use. Contents address their prevalence in various communities and populations globally, theories related to their origins and etiology, and what is currently known about effective intervention strategies, education, and research. Social work’s biopsychosocial, lifespan, and person-in-environment perspectives underpin the book contents which are applicable to a wide range of professional and social science disciplines. Contents are divided into five sections:
- The scope and nature of addictive behavior and related problems
- Addictive behavior across the lifespan and specific populations
- Interventions to prevent and address addictive behavior and related problems
- Issues frequently co-occurring with addictive behavior
- Moving forward
This handbook provides students, practitioners, and scholars with a strong focus on cutting-edge high-quality research. With contributions from a global interdisciplinary team of leading scholars, this handbook is relevant to readers from social work, public health, psychology, education, sociology, criminal justice, medicine, nursing, human services, and health professions.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |139 pages
Introduction to Section I
part |140 pages
Introduction to Section II
chapter 12|25 pages
The lay of the land
part |230 pages
Introduction to Section III
chapter 23|16 pages
All drugs aren’t created equal
chapter 27|17 pages
Integrated care
chapter 31|16 pages
Decriminalization and medicalization of cannabis
part |49 pages
Introduction to Section IV
part |48 pages
Introduction to Section V