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- Draws on interdisciplinary research to propose specific solutions to combat substance abuse and related concerns
- Includes a consideration of recent issues related to substance abuse, such as unemployment and and illness
- Refuses to work from assumptions about drug and alcohol use in East Africa and instead pursues an unbiased examination of existing research
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Conceptualization of Addiction
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Addiction in Literature and Popular Culture
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Neurobiology and Neurochemistry of Addiction
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Substance and Non-substance Addiction
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About this book
This book explores both the existence and prevalence of addiction in South and East Africa, departing from traditional assumptions about addiction in the region. The authors employ an interdisciplinary approach to understand the actual prevalence of addiction and the forms it takes in South and East Africa. The book also addresses the perceptions and conceptualisation of addiction in the region, in addition to discussing specific issues related to drug and alcohol abuse and addiction, social media addiction, and sex addiction.
Editors and Affiliations
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Chancellor College, University of Malawi, Zomba, Malawi
Yamikani Ndasauka, Grivas Muchineripi Kayange
About the editors
Yamikani Ndasauka, PhD, is Senior Lecturer and Head-Department of Philosophy at Chancellor College in the University of Malawi. He has 9 years of teaching and research experience in Philosophy, Psychology, and Ethics. He has published in international journals such as Frontiers in Psychology, Computers in Human Behaviour, and PlosOne.
Grivas Muchineripi Kayange, PhD, is Senior Lecture and Dean-Faculty of Humanities at Chancellor College in the University of Malawi. His recent publications include Meaning and Truth in African Philosophy (Springer, 2018) and Rediscovering Individual-based Values in Ubuntu Virtue Ethics: Transforming Corporate Entities in Post-colonial Africa (ISAP, Book chapter, 2018).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Addiction in South and East Africa
Book Subtitle: Interdisciplinary Approaches
Editors: Yamikani Ndasauka, Grivas Muchineripi Kayange
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13593-5
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13592-8Published: 01 July 2019
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-13595-9Published: 15 August 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-13593-5Published: 12 June 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 312
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Psychotherapy and Counseling, Health Policy, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Health Psychology