This student text covers all aspects of working with drug and substance misusers, including the history and changes in policy on substance misuse and the differences between working with young and adult clients. Recent government initiatives and legislative changes are carefully outlined, while discussions on why people take drugs and the policy implications of harm reduction and abstinence approaches to substance use/misuse are related back to practice, so that readers understand how to engage with the client group and the reasons for varying success across treatment approaches.
- ISBN10 0857255584
- ISBN13 9780857255587
- Publish Date 27 August 2009 (first published 10 January 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 April 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher SAGE Publications Ltd
- Imprint Learning Matters Ltd
- Edition 2nd Revised edition
- Format eBook
- Pages 160
- Language English