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Substance Use and Abuse

Cultural and Historical Perspectives

Russil Durrant, Jo Thakker

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Cultural and Historical Perspectives

Russil Durrant, Jo Thakker

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Substance use and abuse are two of the most frequent psychological problems clinicians encounter. Mainstream approaches focus on the biological and psychological factors supporting drug abuse. But to fully comprehend the issue, clinicians need to consider the social, historical, and cultural factors responsible for drug-related problems.

Substance Use and Abuse: Cultural and Historical Perspectives provides an inclusive explanation of the human desire to take drugs. Using a multidisciplinary framework, authors Russil Durrant and Jo Thakker explore the cultural and historical variables that contribute to drug use. Integrating biological, psychosocial, and cultural-historical perspectives, this innovative and accessible volume addresses the fundamental question of why drug use is such a ubiquitous feature of human society.

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Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2003
ISBN
9781452262963
Edition
1
Topic
Psychology
Subtopic
Clinical Psychology
Index
Psychology
6 
SUBSTANCE 
USE
AND
ABUSE 
Figure
1.1 
An
integrated 
model
of
substance
use 
and
abuse 
TOWARD
AN
INTEGRATED 
MODEL
OF
SUBSTANCE
USE 
AND
ABUSE 
In 
Figure
1.1 
we
provide
an
integrated 
model
of
substance
use 
and 
abuse 
that 
aims
to
capture
the
relationships 
between
the
different 
levels
of
analysis 
that
are
relevant
for 
our
understanding
of
substance 
use 
issues 
(see 
Thakker
&
Durrant,
2001;
Thakker, 
Ward,
&
Strongman, 
1999,
for 
the 
use 
of
this 
model
in 
a
broader 
mental 
health 
context).
The 
design
of
Figure
1.1 
is
straightforward; 
this 
model
is
best 
viewed
as 
a 
way
of
conceptualizing 
different 
approaches
to
substance
use 
and 
abuse 
rather 
than
an
explanatory 
framework
in 
its 
own
right.
It 
is
thus 
a 
"meta-model":
a 
way 
of
visualizing
the
relationships 
among
the 
dif-
ferent 
levels
of
analysis 
that 
have 
been 
employed
in
other 
explanatory 
frameworks. 
This 
model
has
four 
components: 
biological 
variables, 
psycho-
social 
variables, 
cultural-historical 
variables,
and 
the 
self. 
The
first 

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