Addiction and Health

Social Perspectives on Addiction Prevention and Support
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-658-48905-2
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 151 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 221 g

The book offers a concise yet comprehensive overview of addiction issues from a social work and social science perspective. It explores addiction in the context of health, taking into account key forms of addiction, their causes and conditions of development, as well as relevant epidemiological data. The addiction support system is examined in its various facets (prevention, counseling, treatment, and support), and new findings and open questions in addiction research are discussed. Evidence-based approaches and sociocultural aspects are integrated throughout.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tielking, Knut

Rabes, Manfred

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Health from a Social Perspective.- Addiction in the Focus of the Social Sphere.- Networks and Cooperation.- Addiction Research.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Knut Tielking  is a professor in the Department of Social Work and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer.

Dr. Manfred Rabes  is a part-time staff member in the Department of Social Work and Health at the University of Applied Sciences Emden / Leer.