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Jan 2, 2018 · The portrayal in literature of doctors with addictions is presented as a warning to psychiatrists. The authors hope to have demonstrated that literature can be a valuable tool in understanding the experience of drug and alcohol use and addiction.
The portrayal in literature of doctors with addictions is presented as a warning against the development of such problems in psychiatrists. The authors hope to have demonstrated that literature can be a valuable tool in understanding the experience of drug and alcohol use and addiction.
- Ed Day, Iain Smith
- 2003
The authors hope to have demonstrated that literature can be a valuable tool in understanding the experience of drug and alcohol use and addiction.
This MPhil thesis examines the ways in which drug and alcohol addiction can be explored in autobiographical text, using narrative as a tool for assessing the psychological and social factors that lead to, and play a key role in, addiction.
Methods addressed include ethnography, participant and nonparticipant observation, qualitative interviews, focus groups, and participatory action research (PAR), and empirical evidence in the context of addictions is provided.
- Kelsey A. Simpson, Ricky N. Bluthenthal
- 2020
In order to strengthen the quality of the evidence around risk and protective factors of substance use, there is a need to use comparable, standardised and validated measures of drug and alcohol use and related harms for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
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The briefest approach to screening may be to use the Single-Item Screening Questions (SISQ) for alcohol or drug use (SISQ-Alc and SISQ-Drug). SISQ tools are validated for interviewer administration or patient administration and have good sensitivity and specificity.
