| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 188 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International research monographs in the addictions (IRMA)
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International research monographs in the addictions.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-176) and index. |
| Contents |
Chapter 1. Heroin and addict 'careers' -- Chapter 2. Parents and childhood -- Chapter 3. Early teenage years: the onset of substance use -- Chapter 4. The mid to late teens: commencing heroin use -- Chapter 5. The 20s and 30s: the heroin and polydrug use -- Chapter 6. The drug treatment cycle: remission and relapse -- Chapter 7. The older heroin user: the 40s and beyond -- Chapter 8. Death: rates and causes -- Chapter 9. Conclusions: an inevitable life and death? |
| Summary |
"Heroin is a worldwide scourge and a seemingly intractable one. The Life of the Heroin User: Typical Beginnings, Trajectories and Outcomes is the first book to apply a biographical approach to the lifecycle of the heroin user from birth until death. Chapters address each stage of the user's life, including childhood, routes to use, the development of dependence, problems arising from addiction, death and options for treatment and prevention. Drawing on over two decades of experience in the field of opium research, Shane Darke examines major theoretical approaches to the development of opiate dependence and the efficacy of treatment options for opiate dependence. Key points are presented at the end of each chapter. The most detailed review available of what is likely to happen to the dependent heroin user, this is an important book for clinicians, researchers and students in the fields of drug and alcohol studies and public health"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Heroin abuse.
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Heroin abuse. |
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Heroin abuse -- Treatment.
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Heroin abuse -- Treatment. |
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Substance abuse.
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Substance abuse. |
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Substance abuse -- Treatment.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Darke, Shane. Life of the heroin user. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9781107000636 (DLC) 2011012970 (OCoLC)711959802 |
| ISBN |
9781139128049 (electronic book) |
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1139128043 (electronic book) |
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9781139117388 (electronic book) |
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1139117386 (electronic book) |
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9780511732249 (electronic book) |
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0511732244 (electronic book) |
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1283296128 |
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9781283296120 |
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9781139115216 |
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1139115219 |
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9781107000636 (hardback) |
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1107000637 (hardback) |
| Standard No. |
9786613296122 |
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