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Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa
Insights from Brain & Behavioural Sciences
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Main description:

Substance abuse is an enormous social problem in South Africa, as elsewhere. It is one of the focus areas of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative (BBI) at the University of Cape Town, which relates neuroscience and behavioural science to social issues. This ground-breaking book, which presents some of the cutting-edge research of this unit, looks at the problem of substance abuse from multiple perspectives and particularly in the light of recent discoveries in brain and behavioural science, but also taking a public health view. Its focus ranges from brain imaging and dopaminergic neurocircuitry to policy and prevention. In South Africa in particular, tik (crystal meth, or methamphetamine) and alcohol are devastating society, aggravating poverty and crime, and contributing to child abuse and gender violence. This will be the first book to address the nature of this problem in an integrated way, written by local researchers at the forefront of this subject.


Contents:

Substance Abuse & Abuse in South Africa; Epidemiology & Risk Factors; The Clinical Presentation of Substance-Related Disorders in South Africa; Developmental Consequences of Prenatal Drug & Alcohol Exposure; Women & Alcohol; Addiction As Virtual Seeking; Genetics & Molecular Biology; Brain Imaging & Neural Circuitry in MA Abuse; Affective Neuroscience of Methamphetamine Abuse; Neurocognitive Effects of Alcohol Abuse & Dependence; Neuropsychoanalytic Notes on Addiction; Decision-Making & Substance Abuse: A South African Perspective; Animal Models of Substance Abuse; Youth & Substances; Evaluated Interventions to Prevent Substance Abuse Among Young South Africans; Interpersonal Violence in South Africa & Substance Misuse: Some Perspectives on The Connections; Substance Use, Stigma, & Health Literacy: A Conceptual Framework; Addiction: Philosophy & Ethics; Clinical Treatment of Substance Abuse & Dependence in South Africa; Substance Abuse Policy in South Africa.


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ISBN-13: 9781919895291
Publisher: University of Cape Town Press
Publication date: September, 2010
Pages: 356
Weight: 712g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Epidemiology

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