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Addiction and Health: Social Perspectives on Addiction Prevention and Support - Softcover

Tielking, Knut; Rabes, Manfred

 
9783658489052: Addiction and Health: Social Perspectives on Addiction Prevention and Support

Synopsis

The book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of addiction issues from a social work and social science perspective. It explores addiction in the context of health, taking into account key forms of addiction, their causes and conditions of development, as well as relevant epidemiological data. The addiction support system is examined in its various facets (prevention, counseling, treatment, and support), and new findings and open questions in addiction research are discussed. Evidence-based approaches and sociocultural aspects are integrated throughout.

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About the Author

Dr. Knut Tielking is a professor in the Department of Social Work and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer.

Dr. Manfred Rabes is a part-time staff member in the Department of Social Work and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer.

From the Back Cover

The book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of addiction issues from a social work and social science perspective. It explores addiction in the context of health, taking into account key forms of addiction, their causes and conditions of development, as well as relevant epidemiological data. The addiction support system is examined in its various facets (prevention, counseling, treatment, and support), and new findings and open questions in addiction research are discussed. Evidence-based approaches and sociocultural aspects are integrated throughout.

The Authors

Dr. Knut Tielking is a professor in the Department of Social Work and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer.

Dr. Manfred Rabes is a part-time staff member in the Department of Social Work and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.



This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

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