Overview
Provides evidence-based information on the relationship between public health, drugs of addiction and agents of misuse
Transcends the intellectual divide with key facts, areas of focus, and in-depth analyses
Features a mini dictionary of definitions of key words and terms
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Table of contents (149 entries)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Understanding and Setting the Scene
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Front Matter
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Keywords
- substance misuse
- substance abuse
- substance use disorders
- Dual and Polydrug Misuse and Addiction Science
- drug abuse
- public health and public safety
- translational research
- health promotion and education and disease prevention
- drug policy
- tobacco
- alcohol
- cannabinoids
- prescription medications and opioids
- caffeine and stimulants
- areca and khat
- club drugs
- dissociative drugs
- hallucinogens
- steroids and inhalants
- agents of misuse
About this book
However, marshalling all of the aforementioned information into a single source is somewhat difficult due to the wide array of material. The Editors address this by compiling the research in this single reference work that serves as a "one-stop-shopping" approach to everything readers need to know about the scientific basis of public health and addictions and agents of misuse.
Apart from active agents that have a plant or chemical basis, there is a need to consider that there are other forms of addiction which may have common modes of causality or prevention. These include food addiction, gaming, gambling, and other non-drug addictions. These types of addiction may be related to the addiction of drugs.
The Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions: From Biology to Public Health offers a holistic understanding of the relationship between public health and substance misuse. The text provides a common platform upon which other forms of addiction or substance misuse can be understood and treated. Addiction processes involve understanding the biological processes as well as behavior, psychology, sociology, and public health, all of which are interlinked. This Handbook is a useful reference for lecturers, students, researchers, practitioners, and other professionals in public health, addiction science, epidemiology, health education, health promotion, and health sciences.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Victor R. Preedy BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSB, FRSPH, FRCPath, FRSC, is a senior member of King's College London in the United Kingdom. He is also Director of the Genomics Centre and a member of the School of Medicine. Professor Preedy has academic interests in addictions and substance misuse. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Drug and Alcohol Dependence, as well as Associate Editor of Frontiers in Addictive Disorders. He is a founding member of the Editorial Board of Addiction Biology. In his career Professor Preedy was attached to the Addictive Behaviour Centre at the Roehampton Institute, and also Reader at the School of Pharmacy London. He has collaborated with research groups in Finland, Japan, Australia, the United States, and Germany. Professor Preedy graduated in 1974 with an Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. He gained his PhD at the University of London in 1981. In 1992, he received his Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists and in 1993 he gained his second Doctoral degree, for his contribution to the science of protein metabolism in health and disease largely focused around the impact of ethanol as an addictive substance. Professor Preedy was elected as a Fellow of the Institute of Biology in 1995 and to the Royal College of Pathologists in 2000. Since then he has been elected as a Fellow to the Royal Society for the Promotion of Health (2004) and The Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene (2004). In 2009, Professor Preedy became a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and in 2012 a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. To his credit, Professor Preedy has published over 600 articles, which includes peer-reviewed manuscripts based on original research, abstracts, and symposium presentations, reviews, and numerous books and volumes.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Handbook of Substance Misuse and Addictions
Book Subtitle: From Biology to Public Health
Editors: Vinood B. Patel, Victor R. Preedy
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-92392-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Reference Module Humanities and Social Sciences, Reference Module Business, Economics and Social Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-92391-4Published: 18 October 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-92392-1Published: 17 October 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLVIII, 3303
Number of Illustrations: 105 b/w illustrations, 327 illustrations in colour
Topics: Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Clinical Psychology, Epidemiology, Pharmacy, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general