Addictive Behaviour: Molecules to Mankind: Perspectives on the Nature of Addiction

by J M Waterhouse and James M. Waterhouse

In this health-conscious age there is increasing concern about tobacco smoking and inappropriate consumption levels of alcohol. Alcoholism poses an important occupational health problem which can affect an individual's personal welfare and limit his or her efficiency at work. There is concern about the increasing availability of drugs in society, the link between drug-taking and the spread of HIV in society, and the ways in which substance misuse...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333645553
• ISBN13: 9780333645550
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"