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The Impact of Addictive Substances and Behaviours on Individual and Societal Well-being(1st Edition)
(Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours)
by Peter Anderson, Robin Room, Jürgen Rehm, Gual Anderson
Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-871400-2, ISBN: 0-19-871400-9

"Impact of Addictive Substances and Behaviours on Individual and Societal Well-being outlines an innovative and fascinating new framework for understanding the harm that addictive substances and behaviours can cause. Taking a holistic approach and with well-being as a central tenet, it demonstrates how using different methods can lead to a more just and evidence-based approach to dealing with addictions. Presenting the latest and most c ..."

Impact of Addictive Substances and Behaviours on Individual and Societal Well-being
by Peter Anderson, Jürgen Rehm, Robin Room
256 Pages, Published 2015 by Oup Oxford
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-102337-8, ISBN: 0-19-102337-X

"Alcohol and Alcoholism 48, 644–645. Schaef, A.W. (1987). When Society Becomes an Addict, 1st edn. San Francisco: Harper & Row. Schaef, A.W. & Fassel, D. (1990). The Addictive Organization. San Francisco: Harper. Schivelbusch, W. (1992). Tastes of Paradise: A Social History of Spices, Stimulants, and Intoxicants. New York: Vintage Books. Schmidt, L.A. (2014). New unsweetened truths about sugar. JAMA Internal Medicine, 174, 525–526. ..."

"10 11 Contents List of contributors xi 1 Introduction to addictive behaviours 1 Peter Anderson, Jürgen Rehm, and Robin Room 2 Passive vulnerability or active agency? An ecological and evolutionary perspective on human drug use 13 Roger J. Sullivan and Edward H. Hagen 3 What are addictive substances and behaviours and how far do they extend? 37 Laura A. Schmidt 4 Well-being as a framework for understanding addictive substances 53 La ..."

Alcohol(1st Edition)
Science, Policy and Public Health
by Peter Boyle, Albert B. Lowenfels, Harry Burns, Otis Brawley, Paolo Boffetta, Witold Zatonski, Jürgen Rehm, Jurgen T. Rehm, Boyle Et Al
Hardcover, 448 Pages, Published 2013 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-965578-6, ISBN: 0-19-965578-2

"Alcohol has always been an issue in public health but it is currently assuming increasing importance as a cause of disease and premature death worldwide. Alcohol: Science, Policy, and Public Health provides an interdisciplinary source of information that links together, the usually separate fields of, science, policy, and public health. This comprehensive volume highlights the importance of bringing scientific knowledge to bear in order ..."

Alcohol
Science, Policy and Public Health
by Peter Boyle, Paolo Boffetta, Albert B. Lowenfels, Harry Burns, Otis Brawley, Witold Zatonski, Jürgen Rehm
448 Pages, Published 2013 by Oup Oxford
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-166534-9, ISBN: 0-19-166534-7

"Science, Policy and Public Health Peter Boyle, Paolo Boffetta, Albert B. Lowenfels, Harry Burns, Otis Brawley, Witold Zatonski, Jürgen Rehm ... imaging ( MRI) signals are typically seen in the medial thalami, mammillary bodies, tegmentum, periaqueductal region, and tectal plates. ... CPM is one of the serious sequelae of chronic ethanolism and even the most conservative correction of hyponatraemia has ..."

"Brooks. and. Samir. Zakhari. Introduction Alcohol metabolism plays a key role in the biological and toxic effects of alcohol consumption on the human body. In this chapter we discuss the main pathways of alcohol metabolism, as well as the role of genetics in modulating alcohol metabolism. The three main enzymes that carry out alcohol oxidation are alcohol dehydrogenase, cytochrome P450 2E1, and, to a lesser extent, catalase, all of ..."

Drug Policy and the Public Good(1st Edition)
by Professor Thomas F. Babor, David R. Foxcroft, Griffith Edwards, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Benedikt Fischer, Keith Humphreys, Isidore S. Obot, Peter Reuter, Robin Room, Jürgen Rehm, Ingeborg Rossow, John Strang, Jurgen T. Rehm, Benedikt Fisher
Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2010 by Oxford University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955712-7, ISBN: 0-19-955712-8

"Drug use represents a significant burden to public health through disease, disability and social problems, and policy makers are becoming increasingly interested in how to develop evidence-based drug policy. It is therefore crucial to strengthen the links between addiction science and drug policy. Drug Policy and the Public Good is collaboratively written by an international group of career scientists to provide an analytical basis on w ..."

Alcohol(2nd Edition)
No Ordinary Commodity: Research and Public Policy (Oxford Medical Publications)
by Professor Thomas F. Babor, Raul Caetano, Sally Casswell, Griffith Edwards, Norman Giesbrecht, Kathryn Graham, Joel W. Grube, Linda Hill, Harold D. Holder, Ross Homel, Michael Livingston, Robin Room, Ingeborg Rossow, Esa Österberg, Jürgen Rehm, Esa Osterberg
Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2010 by Oxford University Press, Usa
ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955114-9, ISBN: 0-19-955114-6

"Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity - Research and Public Policy Second Edition is a collaborative effort by an international group of addiction scientists to improve the linkages between addiction science and alcohol policy. It presents, in a comprehensive, practical, and readily accessible form, the accumulated scientific knowledge on alcohol research that has a direct relevance to the development of alcohol policy on local, national, and ..."

An Overview of Non-medical Use of Prescription Drugs and Criminal Justice Issues in Canada
by Benedikt Fischer, Jude Gittins, Jürgen Rehm
56 Pages, Published 2009
ISBN-13: 978-1-100-22815-0, ISBN: 1-100-22815-2