Psychotropic Drugs, Prevention and Harm Reduction

Presents interventions of a network of young researchers at MSH Paris in 2016

Imaine Sahed (Edited by), Antony Chaufton (Edited by)

9781785482724, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 4 September 2017

162 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 1.8 cm, 0.39 kg

This book promotes the interaction between research and professional practices in the field of prevention and harm reduction. Through the scientific work and experience of human and social sciences researchers and medical social actors, research and action assist one another in illuminating the problems associated with the consumption of psychotropic drugs and in developing intervention strategies.Over the course of several chapters, contributed by attendees of the Psychotropics, Prevention and Harm Reduction Put to the Test By “Human and Social Sciences? workshop, a range of varied themes are explored within the scope of drugs and their uses. Both the socio-historical context of drug uses and the construction of prevention and harm reduction public policies in light of scientific knowledge are covered, as well as the issue of release, mobilization and/or negotiation of prevention and harm reduction standards, both for professionals and drug users.

Part 1. Prevention in Care Environments:Approaches and Practices 1. Scientific Data and Political Decisions in the Field of Addictive Behaviors 2. Social Sciences and Practice Renewal: From Prevention, to Identification. to Early Intervention

Subject Areas: Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM], Cognitive science [GTR]