Issues Self‐change from alcohol and drug use problems is increasingly acknowledged in
research. Despite the growing number of published studies, the most recent broad review of …

Taking a multidisciplinary perspective (including public health, sociology, criminology, and
political science amongst others) and using examples from across the globe, this book …

Background: Societal beliefs about the seriousness of different addictions were assessed in
the United Kingdom (UK). Methods: An online panel, conducted in 2021 and sampled to be …

Aims: This study aimed to compare the prevalence in different gambling types as well as
problem gambling in the Nordic countries, examining gambling, leisure activities, school …

Concepts of Addictive Substances and Behaviours across Time and Place presents
fascinating new research in European addiction studies which examines the temporal and …

Objective: The article offers an inventory of controversial basic issues related to treatment
responses and their sociocultural political context, highlighting policy failures and …

The concept of addiction has expanded in recent decades to include diverse behaviours in
addition to addiction to specific substances. Hence, the understanding of what constitutes …

The ways in which addictive behaviours are perceived may decisively influence the ways
they are handled. This study explores how treatment professionals' cultural and other …

ObjectivesThe following analysis covers the role of the occupational structure in the
prevalence of alcohol use disorders (AUDs). The authors investigated whether the …

Background: Popular views of addictive substances and behaviors constitute an important
research topic because these views have an impact upon the functioning of treatment …