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Author : Francis Matthew-Simmons
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780733426506
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (265 download)
Download or read book A Review of Australian Public Opinion Surveys on Illicit Drugs written by Francis Matthew-Simmons and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309439124
Total Pages : 171 pages
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Download or read book Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-09-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Estimates indicate that as many as 1 in 4 Americans will experience a mental health problem or will misuse alcohol or drugs in their lifetimes. These disorders are among the most highly stigmatized health conditions in the United States, and they remain barriers to full participation in society in areas as basic as education, housing, and employment. Improving the lives of people with mental health and substance abuse disorders has been a priority in the United States for more than 50 years. The Community Mental Health Act of 1963 is considered a major turning point in America's efforts to improve behavioral healthcare. It ushered in an era of optimism and hope and laid the groundwork for the consumer movement and new models of recovery. The consumer movement gave voice to people with mental and substance use disorders and brought their perspectives and experience into national discussions about mental health. However over the same 50-year period, positive change in American public attitudes and beliefs about mental and substance use disorders has lagged behind these advances. Stigma is a complex social phenomenon based on a relationship between an attribute and a stereotype that assigns undesirable labels, qualities, and behaviors to a person with that attribute. Labeled individuals are then socially devalued, which leads to inequality and discrimination. This report contributes to national efforts to understand and change attitudes, beliefs and behaviors that can lead to stigma and discrimination. Changing stigma in a lasting way will require coordinated efforts, which are based on the best possible evidence, supported at the national level with multiyear funding, and planned and implemented by an effective coalition of representative stakeholders. Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders: The Evidence for Stigma Change explores stigma and discrimination faced by individuals with mental or substance use disorders and recommends effective strategies for reducing stigma and encouraging people to seek treatment and other supportive services. It offers a set of conclusions and recommendations about successful stigma change strategies and the research needed to inform and evaluate these efforts in the United States.
Author : Desmond Manderson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
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Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309459575
Total Pages : 483 pages
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Author : National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309176212
Total Pages : 352 pages
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Author : United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1272 pages
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Author : Marc Lewis
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610394380
Total Pages : 256 pages
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Author : Alison Ritter
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000488632
Total Pages : 246 pages
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Author : Julian V. Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195136233
Total Pages : 259 pages
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Download or read book Penal Populism and Public Opinion written by Julian V. Roberts and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The five countries examined are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
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Publisher : National Library Australia
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1022 pages
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Author : Bob Stewart
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135118477
Total Pages : 285 pages
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Download or read book Rethinking Drug Use in Sport written by Bob Stewart and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drug free sport is an unattainable aspiration. In this critical, paradigm-shifting reappraisal of contemporary drug policy in sport, Bob Stewart and Aaron Smith argue that drug use in sport is an inexorable consequence of the nature, structure and culture of sport itself. By de-mythologising and de-moralising the assumptions that prop up current drug management controls, and re-emphasising the importance of the long-term well being and civil rights of the athlete, they offer a powerful argument for creating a legitimate space for drug use in sport. The book offers a broad ranging overview of the social and commercial pressures impelling drug use, and maps the full historical and social extent of the problem. With policy analysis at the centre of the discussion, the book explores the complete range of social, management, policy, scientific, technological and health issues around drugs in sport, highlighting the irresolvable tension between the zero-tolerance model as advanced by WADA and the harm-reduction approach adopted by drug education and treatment agencies. While there are no simple solutions, as long as drugs use is endemic in wider society the authors argue that a more nuanced and progressive approach is required in order to safeguard and protect the health, social liberty and best interests of athletes and sports people, as well as the value of sport itself.
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ISBN 13 : 9781740244640
Total Pages : 122 pages
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Author : Office of the Surgeon General
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781974580620
Total Pages : 420 pages
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Publisher : National Library Australia
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Total Pages : 1106 pages
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Author : Michael Robert Frone
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
ISBN 13 : 9781433812446
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (124 download)
Download or read book Alcohol and Illicit Drug Use in the Workforce and Workplace written by Michael Robert Frone and published by American Psychological Association (APA). This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This authoritative book examines what we know and don't know about workforce and workplace substance involvement, including popular myths about the prevalence, causes, and productivity outcomes of employee substance use.
