This comprehensive textbook provides an accessible and skills-oriented introduction to alcohol and substance misuse for healthcare students and practitioners new to the field.
Divided into five parts, this text explores:
- the context of alcohol and drug misuse, and the nature and theories of addiction, including a historical overview and policy initiatives in contemporary society.
- an overview of psychoactive substances and the problems associated with them. - an exploration of the impact of psychoactive substances on groups such as culturally and linguistically diverse communities, young people, women, older people and the homeless.
- an understanding of the generic role responses to substance misuse in a variety of different settings and contexts, including primary care, the community and hospitals.
- a framework for assessment, care planning, harm reduction approaches, dealing with overdose, intoxication and withdrawals, and psychological and phar
