Responding to the Oppression of Addiction: Canadian Social Work Perspectives - Softcover

Rick Csiernik (editor); William S. Rowe (editor) & Gabriela Novotna (editor)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1773383426 ISBN 13: 9781773383422

Publisher: Canadian Scholars, 2023

Synopsis

Responding to the Oppression of Addiction brings together the voices of over 40 academics and social work practitioners from across Canada to provide a diverse and multidimensional perspective to the study of addiction. This thoroughly updated edition features eight new chapters and streamlines the content of the previous editions, with chapters condensed and combined to create a more accessible text.

The fourth edition features new content on themes such as residential schools, prevention initiatives, special needs of different populations, policy perspectives framed within an anti-oppression standpoint, cognitive behavioral therapy, and the emerging topic of problem gambling. Returning chapters have been updated, with contributors providing more in-depth examinations of trauma-informed approaches. The entire volume has a strengthened anti-oppressive framework, on both an overarching and by-chapter level. This celebrated and varied collection is an indispensable resource for upper-level students, graduate students, and practitioners working in the fields of social work, addictions studies, and the helping professions.

About this title

About the Author

Rick Csiernik is a Professor of Social Work at King’s College, University of Western Ontario. Csiernik has authored and edited several popular Canadian Scholars titles including: Substance Use and Misuse, Third Edition (2021); The Essential Guide to Psychoactive Drugs in Canada, Second Edition (2019); Workplace Wellness (2014); The Drug Paradox (with Tara Bruno, 2018), and Homelessness, Housing, and Mental Health (co-edited with Cheryl Forchuk and Elsabeth Jensen, 2011). The author of more than 100 journal articles, their research interests include addiction, employee assistance programming and workplace wellness, social work education, and program evaluation. Rick has been recipient of both the King’s University College Award for Excellence in Teaching and the McMaster University Instructor Appreciation Award.

William S. Rowe is a Professor of Social Work at the University of South Florida and holds cross-appointments at the Moffitt Cancer Center, the College of Public Health, and the AIDS Training and Education Center, also at the University of South Florida. Gabriela Novotna is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of the Research and Graduate Program in the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Regina. She is a Researcher with Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU).

From the Back Cover

This uniquely Canadian resource brings together the voices of nearly 40 social work academics and practitioners from across the country to provide diverse and multidimensional perspectives to the study of addiction. Since the publication of the first edition 20 years ago, Responding to the Oppression of Addiction has reflected the holistic, anti-oppressive outlook that social workers bring to the multidisciplinary practice area of addiction. Each successive edition continues to honour this standpoint as well as focus on the oppression produced by addiction.

The fourth edition has been streamlined and thoroughly updated along four distinct new themes. It discusses core concepts that surround addiction, the importance of engagement with families, issues of equity and diversity, and social work–oriented considerations of well-established and emerging treatment approaches. The entire volume has a strengthened anti-oppressive framework, on both an overarching and by-chapter level.

This celebrated and varied collection is an indispensable resource for upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and practitioners working in social work, addictions studies, and the helping professions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Canadian Scholars
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1773383426
• ISBN 13: 9781773383422
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 385