Heroin : the treatment of addiction in twentieth-century Britain / Alex Mold.

Author/creator Mold, Alex
Format Book
Publication InfoDeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionx, 236 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Heroin abuse--Great Britain. --20th century.
Heroin abuse--Great Britain. --Prevention.
Heroin abuse--Treatment. --Great Britain.
Drug control--Great Britain.

SeriesDrugs and alcohol
Drugs and alcohol (De Kalb, Ill.) ^A712894
Contents Treatment and control : the 'British system', 1916-1961 -- The new addicts and the establishment of the drug dependence units, 1962-1968 -- Psychiatry and the treatment of addiction, 1969-1979 -- The heroin explosion and the re-intervention of the generalist, 1980-1987 -- Disputed territory : the treatment of heroin addiction in private practice, 1980-1987 -- Disputed methods : maintenance and withdrawal, 1980-1987 -- The impact of HIV/AIDS on the treatment of heroin addiction treatment, 1984-1994 -- Treatment works? : drug policy and addiction treatment since 1994 -- Conclusion: The treatment of heroin addiction--past, present and future.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [173]-227) and index.
LCCN 2007045010
ISBN9780875803869 (clothbound : alk. paper)
ISBN0875803865 (clothbound : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HV 5840.G7 M66 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold