MORTALITY AMONGST ILLICIT DRUG USERS by Louisa Degenhardt, Richard Mattick, Shane Darke ( 9780521855068 )

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MORTALITY AMONGST ILLICIT DRUG USERS
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CAUSES AND INTERVENTION

By:

Louisa Degenhardt, Richard Mattick, Shane Darke

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0521855063

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9780521855068

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

21 September, 2006

Series:

International Research Monographs in the Addictions

Pages:

204

Description:

This book is a synthetic review of the epidemiology, causes, prevalence, interventions, demography, and associated risk factors of illicit-drug-related mortality.

Synopsis:

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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