Health, illness and addiction: social aspects

Euphoric will guide you on your journey to an alcohol-free lifestyle, putting the focus on happiness, well-being and self-love to create the life you want.

An incredibly important and powerful look at how our culture treats the pain and suffering of women in medical and social contexts.

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With thorough coverage of inequality in health care access and practice across the field it surveys, The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is widely acclaimed by instructors as the most comprehensive of any available.

Erudite and wide-ranging, perceptive and provocative, lively and up-to-date Shane Blackman has produced a book with something to offer to just about anyone interested in drugs in contemporary society.

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Immunopathology, Diagnosis and Treatment of HPV induced Malignancies focuses on the human papilloma virus infection and associated cancers.

Written by a team of nationally recognized African American social work professionals with extensive and distinguished backgrounds of HIV/AIDS service, the book examines the crisis facing African American communities.

Tessler and Gamache provide substantial research on the impact of mental illness on the family through interviews conducted with hundreds of family members between 1989 and 1997.

Throughout the 1980s, the issue of substance abuse testing became increasingly important to employers.

The prevailing neo-prohibitionist approach to reducing alcohol problems is generally ineffective, often counter-productive, and is doomed to failure.

Since the AIDS epidemic was recognized, information on safer sex has been assumed to be the most crucial means of preventing further spread of the disease.

An estimated 17 million people are infected with HIV today, and it is estimated that in Africa alone there will be at least 70 million people infected in the next 25 years.

Based on long-term observation of Alcoholics Anonymous, the author focuses on cultural rather than personal causes of drug dependence.

Since the 1950s, social scientists have devoted serious attention to the relationship between alcohol and the workplace.

This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS.

This text provides up-to-date, comprehensive, and accessible information about alcohol use in western society and other cultures.

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The history, symptoms, prevention, and current issues surrounding HIV and AIDS are discussed, along with a focus on special populations struggling with the disease.

A must for parents, teachers and counselors, this book targets preadolescent girls aiming to engage them in educational activites that will empower them to avoid eating disorders.

Substance abuse and its social consequences are a major public concern for communities throughout the world.

As the AIDS crisis spread and gained momentum, Protestant, Catholic, and Jewish clergy in the United States and the United Kingdom became involved in sometimes surprising ways.

Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees that more effective solutions are needed.

This is not another book about how AIDS is out of control in Africa and Third World nations, or one complaining about the inadequacy of secured funds to fight the pandemic.

AIDS is the second-leading cause of death among African American women between the ages of 18 and 44.

Pioneering evidence is presented in this book to support the effectiveness of peer counseling for substance abuse treatment of pregnant women and their families.

The social acceptance of tobacco use obscures the fact that it is the single greatest preventable cause of death in the U.

While the issues of substance use and abuse have been addressed from a variety of perspectives and approaches, the fundamental social issues have not been covered in any systematic way.

This fully updated edition of a successful resource succeeds in engaging and involving young people where many other methods of drugs education - including attempts to shock, inform, or promote decision-making - have failed to make a lasting impact.

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Loneliness is an epidemic.

Examines the South African HIV/AIDS epidemic through creative texts and the impact of these representations in determining which issues receive attention and how public understanding of the virus is shaped.

Mr Nasty charts the rise, fall and ultimate redemption of a wannabe player in the global narcotics business.

From running with the infamous Calton Tongs to running Calton Athletic, David Bryce's life story is a remarkable account of crime, violence, alcoholism and drug addiction in Glasgow's gangland.

This book offers a critical examination of the ethical and moral challenges in conducting research about domestic abuse or sexual violence from the perspectives of studentpractitioners and novice researchers within various professional disciplines, offering rich insights based on the experiences of each author.

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Mothers of addicted and alcoholic children share a deep connectionone that is rarely understood by anyone who hasn't experienced a similar path.

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A clear, concise introduction to substance abuse treatment for non-specialist physicians.

Heroin is a fascinating drug to most people.

A practical, accessible and informative guide to overcoming and managing a wide spread affliction!

A practical, accessible and informative guide to overcoming and managing a wide spread affliction!

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Raw, evocative, and unforgettable.

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