Substance use and abuse in South Africa insights from brain and behavioural sciences
<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>The result of groundbreaking research conducted by members of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, this is the first book to address the nature of substance use and abuse in an integrat...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cape Town :
UCT Press
2012.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009799927806719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; About the contributors; Introduction Substance use and abuse in South Africa; Epidemiology and Symptomatology; 1. Epidemiology of substance use and abuse in South Africa; 2. The clinical presentation of substance-related disorders in South Africa; 3. Developmental consequences of prenatal drug and alcohol exposure; 4. Women and alcohol; Neuroscience and Psychiatry; 5. Addiction as virtual seeking: evolutionary insights into addiction; 6. Genetics and molecular biology; 7. Brain imaging and neural circuitry in methamphetamine users
- 8. Affective neuroscience of methamphetamine abuse9. Neurocognitive effects of alcohol abuse and dependence; 10. Neuropsychoanalytic notes on addiction; 11. Decision-making and substance abuse: a South African perspective; 12. Animal models of substance abuse; Intervention and Policy; 13. Youth and substances; 14. Evaluated interventions to prevent substance abuse among young South Africans; 15. Interpersonal violence in South Africa and substance misuse: connections and approaches to prevention; 16. Substance use, stigma and health literacy: a conceptual framework
- 17. Addiction: philosophy and ethics18. Clinical treatment of substance use disorders in South Africa; 19. Substance abuse policy in South Africa; Index; Back Cover
