Mortality amongst illicit drug users: epidemiology, causes, and intervention

This book was first published in 2006. Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations. What are the clinical, ethical and psychopathological implications of these deaths? In this book, Shane...

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Main Author: Darke, Shane (Author)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2007
Series:International research monographs in the addictions
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Summary:This book was first published in 2006. Over the past 40 years the rate of illicit drug use worldwide has risen dramatically, and with it the number of deaths reported among drug-using populations. What are the clinical, ethical and psychopathological implications of these deaths? In this book, Shane Darke and his team provide the first full, synthetic review of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, demography, and associated risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality. In addition, they examine and evaluate interventions to reduce these deaths. The major causes of death among illicit drug users are overdose, disease, suicide and trauma. Each is independently examined. This is an important book for all clinicians and policy-makers involved in issues relating to illicit drug use
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Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 191 pages)
ISBN:9780511543692
DOI:10.1017/CBO9780511543692

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