Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System - Couverture souple

Shavelson, Lonny

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1565847792 ISBN 13 : 9781565847798

Editeur : The New Press, 2002

Synopsis

"Deeply felt, deftly rendered, stunningly informative and often enraging" (Publishers Weekly), Hooked appears as we are finally waking up to the inadequacies of our current drug-rehab policies. With court-mandated rehab being debated across the country, Shavelson's in-depth look at the struggles of five addicts as they travel through the treatment maze makes a powerful case for reform.

Highly readable and shaped by Shavelson's experience as a journalist and physician, Hooked takes us through the anguishing "intake" and controversial House meetings, inside counselors' and judges' offices where many treatment decisions are made, and to prison cells where, under current policies, many addicts end up. It explores the links between drug addiction, mental illness, and trauma, including child abuse-links often ignored by current rehab efforts-and argues for an integrated approach that treats the roots of drug abuse, not just the behavior itself.

Hailed as "compelling" and "heartbreaking" (Time Out), Hooked offers a provocative, honest look at the seemingly intractable issue of drug addiction, and offers powerful alternatives to our current policies.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Lonny Shavelson is a writer, photojournalist, and physician whose articles and photographs have appeared in the New York Times, People, Newsweek, Los Angeles Times, Mother Jones, and many other publications. He is also the author of A Chosen Death, and lives in Berkeley, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The New Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1565847792
• ISBN 13: 9781565847798
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible