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The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction: The Misrecognition of Leisure and Learning
ISBN: 9780754674962 / Angielski / Twarda / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Overuse of the internet is often characterized as problematic, disruptive, or addictive, with stories frequently claiming that online use interferes with relationships, or that 'excessive' time in front of computer screens is unhealthy. The Multiplicities of Internet Addiction contests the claim that computers a specifically Internet use a are addictive, arguing that use of the Internet is now a form of everyday leisure engaged in by many people in Western society. Offering an analysis of the nature of addiction alongside a detailed empirical study of home computer use, this book will be of...
Overuse of the internet is often characterized as problematic, disruptive, or addictive, with stories frequently claiming that online use interferes w...
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The Tapestry of Health, Illness and Disease
ISBN: 9789042025158 / Angielski / Miękka / 191 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Human suffering and illness as well as health and healing are topics of ongoing actuality. In a world of growing complexity and interrelatedness a broader perspective on these topics is needed. The global conference project on "Making Sense of: Health, Illness and Disease" is a forum for scholars from various countries who are interested in deepening the interdisciplinary discourse on the subject. This book is the outcome of the 5th conference held at Mansfield College, Oxford, in July 2006. It combines essays that transgress traditional disciplinary boundaries in the field of health care...
Human suffering and illness as well as health and healing are topics of ongoing actuality. In a world of growing complexity and interrelatedness a bro...
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Substance Use Disorders in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients: Assessment and Treatment
ISBN: 9780231142748 / Angielski / Twarda / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Internalized homophobia, alienation, poor support structures, and high levels of depression all contribute to substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, with social activity at bars and clubs reinforcing addictive behavior. The threat of bias in treatment programs also prevents many from seeking help. An essential resource for human service professionals searching for the latest research on these unique issues, this volume features both state of the art practice methods for treating substance use disorders and up-to-date analyses of sexual orientation and...
Internalized homophobia, alienation, poor support structures, and high levels of depression all contribute to substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bise...
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Drug Use and Social Change: The Distortion of History
ISBN: 9780230222724 / Angielski / Twarda / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This booklocates the rise of illicit drug use within the historical development of late industrial society and challenges the prevailing view. Highlighting key areas of continuity and the on-going value of classic criminological theory, it is argued that recent trends do not constitute the radical departure that is often supposed."
This booklocates the rise of illicit drug use within the historical development of late industrial society and challenges the prevailing view. Highlig...
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Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults: Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice
ISBN: 9780470244531 / Angielski / Twarda / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. State-of-the-art, empirical support for the treatmentof substance abuse
Part of the Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Series, Substance Abuse Treatment for Youth and Adults provides busy mental health practitioners with detailed, step-by-step guidance for implementing clinical interventions that are supported by the latest scientific evidence. Edited by renowned educators David W. Springer and Allen Rubin, this thorough yet practical reference draws on a roster of experts and researchers in the field who have assembled state-of-the-art knowledge into this... State-of-the-art, empirical support for the treatmentof substance abuse
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Substance Use Disorders in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Clients: Assessment and Treatment
ISBN: 9780231142755 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Internalized homophobia, alienation, poor support structures, and high levels of depression all contribute to substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals, with social activity at bars and clubs reinforcing addictive behavior. The threat of bias in treatment programs also prevents many from seeking help. An essential resource for human service professionals searching for the latest research on these unique issues, this volume features both state of the art practice methods for treating substance use disorders and up-to-date analyses of sexual orientation and...
Internalized homophobia, alienation, poor support structures, and high levels of depression all contribute to substance abuse among lesbian, gay, bise...
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Men & Addictions: New Research
ISBN: 9781606920985 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Various studies have found that the vast majority of men over 12 years of age had used alcohol at least once in their lifetime. The data indicate that 9 percent of men reported heavy alcohol use, compared to 2 percent of women. This book focuses on men and
Various studies have found that the vast majority of men over 12 years of age had used alcohol at least once in their lifetime. The data indicate that...
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Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction
ISBN: 9781416537939 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. We've all felt the giddy flutter of excitement when our new lover walks into the room. Waited by the phone, changed our plans...But are we in love, or is there something darker at work? In Desire: Where Sex Meets Addiction, Susan Cheever explores the shifting boundaries between the feelings of passion and addiction, desire and need, and she raises provocative and important questions about who we love and why. Elegantly written and thoughtfully composed, Cheever's book combines unsparing and intimate memoir, interviews and stories, hard science and psychology to explore the...
We've all felt the giddy flutter of excitement when our new lover walks into the room. Waited by the phone, changed our plans...But are we in love, or...
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End-Of-Life Care and Addiction: A Family Systems Approach
ISBN: 9780826121417 / Angielski / Miękka / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Bushfield and DeFord offer us an excellent, informed and sensitive work that speaks both of the erosion of family systems due to addiction and the complications that arise when these victimized families face end-of-life care." --Illness, Crisis and Loss With a growing elderly population comes an increased need to recognize the medical and psychological needs of older adults suffering from addiction, particularly towards the end of life. This guide describes the challenges such persons and families present to those providing end-of-life care, and shows caregivers how to best negotiate these...
"Bushfield and DeFord offer us an excellent, informed and sensitive work that speaks both of the erosion of family systems due to addiction and the co...
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Marijuana Impaired Youths: A Clinical Handbook for Counselors, Mentors, Teachers and Parents.
ISBN: 9781414065618 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Substance Abuse and Emotion
ISBN: 9781433805349 / Angielski / Twarda / 297 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The devastating psychological, physical, and spiritual damage wrought by the misuse of drugs is indisputable. However, there is a recurring debate over the causes of substance abuse that typically divides along two common assumptions: people either abuse drugs and alcohol out of sheer pleasure-seeking drives that run amok, or to escape or assuage aversive states of co-morbid anxiety or depression. Substance Abuse and Emotion goes beyond this dichotomy in its exploration of recent, significant field observations, theory construction and rigorous testing, and laboratory research to advance...
The devastating psychological, physical, and spiritual damage wrought by the misuse of drugs is indisputable. However, there is a recurring debate ove...
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Addiction--What's Really Going On?: Inside a Heroin Treatment Program
ISBN: 9781932690934 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "[A] truthful look into the world of Methadone treatment with a mix of compassion and humor. It is a great read for those in the recovery field and provides insight for those who do not understand the life of addiction and recovery."--Lori Carter-Runyon, executive director of Hilltop Recovery Services.
"[A] truthful look into the world of Methadone treatment with a mix of compassion and humor. It is a great read for those in the recovery field and pr...
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Substance Withdrawal Syndrome
ISBN: 9781606929513 / Angielski / Twarda / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Substance Withdrawal Syndrome refers to the physiological and psychological symptoms associated with withdrawal from the use of a drug after prolonged administration or habituation. The concept includes withdrawal from smoking or drinking, as well as withdrawal from an administered drug. This book presents the research in the field.
Substance Withdrawal Syndrome refers to the physiological and psychological symptoms associated with withdrawal from the use of a drug after prolonged...
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Smoking Cessation: Theory, Interventions & Prevention
ISBN: 9781600215919 / Angielski / Twarda / 434 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Smoking is the most common risk factor for the development of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death. Smoking also increases the risk of other health problems, such as chronic lung disease and heart disease. The health benefits of smoking cessation (quitting) are immediate and substantial. This book presents research in the field.
Smoking is the most common risk factor for the development of lung cancer, which is the leading cause of cancer death. Smoking also increases the risk...
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Group Therapy with Alcoholics: Outpatient and Inpatient Approaches
ISBN: 9780803925045 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE UK ADDRESSES ON THE IMPRINT PAGE.
PLEASE UPDATE SAGE INDIA AND SAGE UK ADDRESSES ON THE IMPRINT PAGE.
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Drug Abuse Prevention with Multiethnic Youth
ISBN: 9780803957114 / Angielski / Twarda / 369 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What is known about the influence of ethnicity upon drug use? How can this knowledge be used to develop prevention programmes for multi-ethnic youth? Contributors to this invaluable book address these and other pressing questions. They consider specific problems and challenges confronting researchers involved in studying substance abuse in minority communities; explore explanations for racial and ethnic differences in drug use; and examine possible risk and protective factors which influence use. Current drug abuse prevention models in settings including schools, communities and homeless...
What is known about the influence of ethnicity upon drug use? How can this knowledge be used to develop prevention programmes for multi-ethnic youth? ...
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Intervening with Drug-Involved Youth
ISBN: 9780803973718 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explores issues of drug use by young people. Providing an introduction on the history of drug use, this book examines the scope of the problem, discusses prevention and treatment initiatives, and also provides international perspectives.
Explores issues of drug use by young people. Providing an introduction on the history of drug use, this book examines the scope of the problem, discus...
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Behavioral Neuroscience of Drug Addiction
ISBN: 9783642030000 / Angielski / Twarda / 408 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing mental illness involving severe motivational disturbances and loss of behavioral control leading to personal dev- tation. The disorder af?icts millions of people, often co-occurring with other mental illnesses with enormous social and economic costs to society. Several decades of research have established that drugs of abuse hijack the brain's natural reward substrates, and that chronic drug use causes aberrant alterations in these rewa- processing systems. Such aberrations may be demonstrated at the cellular, neu- transmitter, and regional levels of...
Drug addiction is a chronically relapsing mental illness involving severe motivational disturbances and loss of behavioral control leading to personal...
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Social Drinking: Uses, Abuses & Psychological Factors
ISBN: 9781608762194 / Angielski / Twarda / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Gathers the research from around the globe in the study of social drinking and discusses several topics such as: social drinking during pregnancy can lead to foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, social influence on adolescent alcohol use, behavioural strategies for reducing high-risk drinking among college students, and others.
Gathers the research from around the globe in the study of social drinking and discusses several topics such as: social drinking during pregnancy can ...
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1211,49 |
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Addiction and Art
ISBN: 9780801894817 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs is one of the major public health issues of our time. It accounts for one of every five deaths in the United States and costs approximately one-half trillion dollars per year in health care expenditures and lost productivity. Its human costs are untold and perhaps uncountable. Addiction and Art puts a human face on addiction through the creative work of individuals who have been touched by it. The art included here presents unique stories about addiction. Many pieces are stark representations of life on the edge. Others are... Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs is one of the major public health issues of our time. It accounts for one of every five deaths in th... |
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