Tackling addiction : pathways to recovery / edited by Rowdy Yates and Margaret S. Malloch.
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TextPublication details: London : Jessica Kingsley, 2010Description: 207 p. : illISBN: 9780857003690 (ebook)Subject(s): Drug addiction -- Treatment -- Great Britain | Therapeutic communities -- Great Britain | Drug addicts -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain | Health and Wellbeing | Illness & addiction: social aspects | Social counselling & advice services | Illness & addiction: social aspects | Social work | Personal & public health | Addiction & therapyGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9781849050173Summary: The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers over recent years, but the meaning of the term remains ambiguous. This collection brings together thoughts & experiences of researchers, practitioners & service users from the fields of health, addiction & criminal justice. The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers in recent years, but the meaning of the concept remains ambiguous. This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and criminal justice and centres on current developments in addiction policy and practice. Tackling Addiction examines what recovery, addiction and dependence really mean, not only to the professional involved in rehabilitation but also to each individual client, and how 'coerced treatment' fails to take account of recovery as a long-term and ongoing process. Chapters cover the influence of crime and public health in UK drug policy; the ongoing emphasis on substitute prescribing; the role of recovery groups and communities; and gendered differences in the recovery process and implications for responses aimed at supporting women. Tackling Addiction will be essential reading for practitioners, researchers, policy makers and students in the fields of addiction, social care, psychology and criminal justice.
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The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers over recent years, but the meaning of the term remains ambiguous. This collection brings together thoughts & experiences of researchers, practitioners & service users from the fields of health, addiction & criminal justice. The issue of 'recovery' has been increasingly prioritised by policymakers in recent years, but the meaning of the concept remains ambiguous. This edited collection brings together the thoughts and experiences of researchers, practitioners and service users from the fields of health, addiction and criminal justice and centres on current developments in addiction policy and practice. Tackling Addiction examines what recovery, addiction and dependence really mean, not only to the professional involved in rehabilitation but also to each individual client, and how 'coerced treatment' fails to take account of recovery as a long-term and ongoing process. Chapters cover the influence of crime and public health in UK drug policy; the ongoing emphasis on substitute prescribing; the role of recovery groups and communities; and gendered differences in the recovery process and implications for responses aimed at supporting women. Tackling Addiction will be essential reading for practitioners, researchers, policy makers and students in the fields of addiction, social care, psychology and criminal justice.
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