Livre
Mortality amongst illicit drug users. Epidemiology, causes and intervention
(Mortalité chez les usagers de drogues illicites. Epidémiologie, causes et intervention)
Auteur(s) :
DARKE, S. ;
DEGENHARDT, L. ;
MATTICK, R.
Année :
2006
Page(s) :
191 p.
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Français
Éditeur(s) :
Cambridge - New York : Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
978-0-521-85506-8
Refs biblio. :
640
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
EPI (Epidémiologie / Epidemiology)
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
Thésaurus mots-clés
PRODUIT ILLICITE
;
MORTALITE
;
CAUSE DE DECES
;
EPIDEMIOLOGIE
;
INTERVENTION
;
CANNABIS
;
AMPHETAMINE
;
COCAINE
;
OPIACES
;
HEROINE
;
SURDOSE
;
TOXICOLOGIE
;
VIH
;
HEPATITE
;
SUICIDE
;
TRAUMATISME
;
ACCIDENT
;
PREVENTION
Note générale :
New York, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006, (Series: International Research Monographs in the Addictions (IRMA)), 191 p., index., tabl.
Note de contenu :
index. ; tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
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. Comprehensively examines rates and causes of death among illicit drug users. Takes an international perspective. Integrates discussion of epidemiology, causes, risk factors and prevention. Contents: 1. Why illicit drug-related deaths matter; 2. The global epidemiology of illicit drug use; 3. Mortality amongst illicit drug users; 4. Mortality and drug overdose; 5. Illicit drug use and disease; 6. Mortality and suicide; 7. Mortality and trauma; 8. Reducing drug-related mortality; 9. Summary and conclusions.
Affiliation :
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Australie. Australia.
Australie. Australia.
Cote :
L01069