Current Perspectives on Substance Use Disorders in South Asia : Public Mental Health Aspects / edited by S. M. Yasir Arafat, Sujita Kumar Kar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arafat, S. M. Yasir.

Contributor:

Kar, Sujita Kumar.

Series:

Behavioral Science and Psychology Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Psychology.

Mental health.

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.

Mental Health.

Local Subjects:

Behavioral Sciences and Psychology.

Mental Health.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2024.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2024.

Summary:

This book is about public mental health needs and aspects of substance use disorders in South Asian countries. South Asia consists of eight countries with low- and middle-income backgrounds. The people of this region, with a combined population of around 2 billion, share common cultures, beliefs, and behavioral patterns regarding physical and mental health. Among them, more than 66 million people use different forms of substances including cannabis, opium and opiates, amphetamine, and prescription drugs. Substance abuse brings deadly consequences. It affects almost all spheres of life, i.e., personal, social, recreational, criminal, and family aspects; both physical and mental health; and economy of the society as well as the country. Advanced management and holistic prevention are public health priorities. However, very little attention has been paid to the issues as a region as well as in countries like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Hence, the editors of this book aimed to publish a book that discusses the public mental health and healthcare issues related to substance use disorder in a densely populated low- and middle-income setting.

Contents:

Overview on substance use disorder in South Asia

Epidemiology and risk factors of substance disorders in South Asia

Substance use disorder in Afghanistan

Substance use disorder in in Bangladesh

Substance use disorder in Bhutan

Substance use disorder in in Bhutan

Substance use disorder in in India

Substance use disorder in in Nepal

Substance use disorder in in Pakistan

Substance use disorder in in Sri Lanka

Variations of Challenges and Ways Out on Substance use disorder in in South Asia

Policy, Legislations and Programs related to Substance use disorder in South Asia

Public Health Aspects and Interventions of substance disorder in South Asia

Inequality and relationship with substance disorder in South Asia

Substance disorder and other co-morbidities in South Asia.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9789819766192

9819766192

OCLC:

1481791204