Author Description

Substance abusers affect everyone they come into contact with, and state and federal policies regarding substance control seem to change constantly. This book takes a comprehensive look at substance abuse from a systems perspective, which makes it particularly appropriate for social workers who are accustomed to a "person-in-environment" perspective. This book covers all the major theories of addiction, as well as the major psychological and physiological results of substance abuse, including fetal alcohol syndrome. Social workers, therapists, drug and alcohol counselors.