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Addiction: Theories, Conceptualisations and Current Practice

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This chapter will summarise developments over recent decades in the way in which alcohol and drug problems are conceptualised and managed. The issue of human rights as they apply to substance users will also be discussed and linked to how the perception and description of substance users can impact both policy, the law and also practice. The chapter will use this summary as a context for the argument for the use of Solution Focused Brief Therapy and Harm Reduction as a modality. There is also an overview of addiction theory and treatment as it stands today and this is provided to add context and understanding to the current state of play within addiction.

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    AA is a global organisation of self-help groups with the aim of helping its members achieve and maintain sobriety.

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Foy, S. (2017). Addiction: Theories, Conceptualisations and Current Practice. In: Solution Focused Harm Reduction. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72335-8_4

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