The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors

The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors is a definitive resource about addictive behaviors emphasizing substance misuse gambling and problematic technology use. Contents address their prevalence in various communities and populations globally theories related to their origins and etiology and what is currently known about effective intervention strategies education and research. Social work’s biopsychosocial lifespan and person-in-environment perspectives underpin the book contents which are applicable to a wide range of professional and social science disciplines. Contents are divided into five sections:The scope and nature of addictive behavior and related problemsAddictive behavior across the lifespan and specific populationsInterventions to prevent and address addictive behavior and related problemsIssues frequently co-occurring with addictive behaviorMoving forwardThis handbook provides students practitioners and scholars with a strong focus on cutting-edge high-quality research. With contributions from a global interdisciplinary team of leading scholars this handbook is relevant to readers from social work public health psychology education sociology criminal justice medicine nursing human services and health professions.