Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

This is a comprehensive clinical resource for addiction counselors who want to learn about the psychological components of the problem, for individual therapists-dynamic, cognitive, and behavioral-who want to understand systems approaches in order to draw on a broader repertoire of useful interventions, and for couple and family therapists who want to learn more about the intrapsychic, biological, and pharmacological aspects of addiction.

In its updated and expanded second edition, this helpful guide offers a wealth of information for people living with HIV and for people caring for HIV-positive loved ones.

Many historical chess books focus on individual 19th century masters and tournaments yet little is written covering the full scope of competitive chess through the era.

This work describes the crucial role celebrities played in the emergence of two competing narratives about Covid-19, one a pro-science narrative that advocated for preventive measures and the other a skeptical counter narrative that denied the disease's existence or downplayed its severity.

This book investigates how urban planning can promote inclusive, climate-resilient, and healthy communities.

This book makes a powerful case that neoliberalism, the dominant economic and social policy paradigm of the post-1980 world, is hazardous to our health.

For many residents of Western nations, COVID-19 was the first time they experienced the effects of an uncontrolled epidemic.

Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers and a leading cause of death for women worldwide.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is iconic in the landscape of Indian healthcare.

Radical changes in our understanding of health and healthcare are reshaping twenty-first-century personhood.

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Cervical cancer is the third leading cause of death among women in Venezuela, with poor and working-class women bearing the brunt of it.

A new strain of coronavirus emerged sometime in November 2019, and within weeks a cluster of patients began to be admitted to hospitals in Wuhan with severe pneumonia, most of them linked to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market.

Drinking to excess has been a striking problem for industrial and post-industrial societies - who is responsible when an individual opts for a slow suicide?

In the mid-1990s, experts predicted that India would face the world's biggest AIDS epidemic by 2000.

We are all citizens of the Biomedical Empire, though few of us know it, and even fewer understand the extent of its power.

What do author James Frey and former president Bill Clinton have in common?

Severe, chronic pain affects at least 116 million Americans every year.

Society was not prepared in 1981 for the appearance of a new infectious disease, but we have since learned that emerging and reemerging diseases will continue to challenge humanity.

With the revised information and up-to-date research, Out of the Shadows is the premier work on sex addiction, written by a pioneer in its treatment.

Improve your health and quality of life with expert advice and strategies to outsmart diabetes.

An inspiring and empowering guide to managing the daily work and pressure of diabetes managementLiving with diabetes is non-stop, 24 hours a day.

When diagnosed with diabetes the first thing a person asks is what food they can eat.

The profound changes to the world economy since the late twentieth century have been characterised by a growth in the number and size of transnational corporations.

There is growing evidence of the wide-ranging impacts of corporations in selected industries on global patterns of health and disease.

Our understandings of addiction are rapidly changing.

This volume of the "e;International Perspectives on Education and Society"e; series examines the relationship between HIV/AIDS and education worldwide.

Sadness is now a design problem.

With 20 million dead and another 40 million infected, AIDS is the world's worst epidemic, but the catastrophe could have been prevented.

The Medical Cannabis Guidebook is the most exhaustive guide to medicinal cannabis produced to date, with information regarding the types of illnesses and diseases that can be helped by cannabis, real case studies from medical users, grow information, legal advice and more.

"e;Contrary to general belief, there is no federal law against growing P.

Named a 2011 Library Journal Core Nonfiction BookThe Diabetes Manifesto gives people with Diabetes a book that will help them feel in control of their lives, regardless of their changing symptoms or disease status.

Who says that you can't learn from the games of amateurs?

Back to the future!

An Economist Best Book of 2025"e;Fair Dosesis an unflinching insider account of how science, politics, and human nature collided in the battle to vaccinate the world.

This book presents an overview of the work of the most important Psychology researchers in Brazil, contributing to the internationalization of the discipline and fostering cross-cultural approaches in the field.

This book examines the role played by technologies in removing the disadvantage experienced by students with disabilities in higher education.

This book introduces a new theory on the substantial comorbidity that exists between many illnesses and disorders and concurrent symptoms such as pain, impaired sleep and fatigue.

This book discusses critical issues concerning autism and education, and what constitutes effective pedagogy for this group of learners.

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This book reviews recent research advances in sustainable agriculture, with focus on crop production, biodiversity and biofuels in Africa and Asia.

This book explores the ability of the Norwegian school system to support the achievement of formal competencies among children with physical disabilities, as well as its role in the informal dimensions of social participation and networking.

This book provides a global and social examination of how disabilities are played out and experienced around the world.

This book analyses leisure choice as a complex concept, made more complicatedin later life than at any other time.

This edited collection offers a nontraditional approach to diversity management, going beyond gender, race, and ethnicity.

This volume provides a close look at the ways in which LGBTQ2 people form familial bonds.

This handbook offers a collection of scholarly essays that analyze questions of reproductive justice throughout its cultural representation in global literature and film.

This volume aims to critically engage with constructs and experiences of disabled sexualities through Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.

This book calls attention to the impact of stigma experienced by people who use illicit drugs.

Global Indigenous Communities is a wide-ranging examination of global Indigenous communities that continue to suffer from colonization and assimilation issues, including intergenerational trauma.