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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Vasi van Deventer is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of South Africa. Mapula Mojapelo-Batka is HOD of the same department.
SUITABLE FOR
• Students of introductory psychology
• Learners who need an introduction to specific topics in psychology.
Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa
Insights from brain and behavioural sciences
G ELLIS, D STEIN, E MEINTJIES & K THOMAS (EDITORS)
Substance abuse is an enormous social problem in South Africa, as elsewhere. It is one of the focus areas of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative (BBI) at the University of Cape Town, which relates neuroscience and behavioural science to social issues. This ground breaking book, which presents some of the cutting-edge research of this unit, looks at the problem of substance abuse from multiple perspectives and particularly in the light of recent discoveries in brain and behavioural science, but also taking a public health view. Its focus ranges from brain imaging and dopaminergic neurocircuitry to policy and prevention. In South Africa in particular, tik (crystal meth, or methamphetamine) and alcohol are devastating society, aggravating poverty and crime, and contributing to child abuse and gender violence. Substance Use and Abuse is the first book to address the nature of this problem in an integrated way, written by local researchers at the forefront of this subject.
ABOUT THE EDITORS
George Ellis is Professor Emeritus of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town, an A-rated researcher and winner of the prestigious Templeton Prize (2004) and the Order of Mapungubwe (2006), among other awards.
Dan Stein is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, and Director of the Brain-Behaviour Initiative.
Ernesta Meintjes is a senior scientist in the MRC/UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit at the University of Cape Town.
Kevin Thomas is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University Cape Town.
SUITABLE FOR
Clinicians, academics interested in substance abuse, policy-makers, lay people interested in South African social issues and their relation to current research
978 1 91989 529 1 978 1 92054 164 4 978 1 92054 125 5 978 1 92051 674 1 2012
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ZAR R637.00 ZAR R595.00 ZAR R595.00 ZAR R595.00
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