Substance abuse is an enormous social problem in South Africa, as elsewhere. But 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 in South Africa has arisen out of the thriving Brain-Behaviour Initiative (BBI) at the University of Cape Town, which relates neuroscience and behavioural science to social issues. This ground-breaking book 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 takes a public health view. Its focus ranges from brain imaging and dopaminergic neurocircuitry to policy and prevention.

 

This will be the first book to address the nature of this problem in an integrated way, written by local researchers at the cutting edge. 

Preface – Mamphela Ramphele

INTRODUCTION
Substance use and abuse in South Africa - Dan Stein, George Ellis, Kevin Thomas, Ernesta Meintjies

 

Epidemiology of substance use and abuse in South Africa -  Shandir Ramlagan and Karl Peltzer
Chapter 2

The clinical presentation of substance-related disorders in South Africa - Don Wilson, Henk Temmingh and Allanah Wilson
Chapter 3

Developmental consequences of prenatal drug and alcohol exposure - Colleen M. Adnam
Chapter 4

Women and alcohol - Bronwyn Myers and Bavanisha Vythilingum

 

Addiction as virtual seeking: evolutionary insights into addiction - David Kibel and Dan J. Stein
Chapter 6

Genetics and molecular biology- Shareefa Dalvie and Fleur Howells
Chapter 7

Brain imaging and neural circuitry in methamphetamine users - Ernesta M. Meintjes, Anne Uhlmann, and Paul Carey
Chapter 8

Affective neuroscience of methamphetamine abuse - Susan Malcolm-Smith, Anne Uhlmann, Anthony Hodge and Jonathan Ipser
Chapter 9

Neurocognitive effects of alcohol abuse and dependence - Kevin G. F.Thomas and Helen L. Ferrett
Chapter 10

Neuropsychoanalytic notes on addiction - Mark Solms, Eleni Pantelis and Jaak Panksepp
Chapter 11

Decision-making and substance abuse: a South African perspective - Don Ross
Chapter 12

Animal models of substance abuse: Vivienne A Russell, Jacqueline Dimatelis and William M U Daniels

 

Youth and substances - Neo K. Morojele, Eileen Rich, Alan J. Flisher and Bronwyn Myers
Chapter 14

Evaluated interventions to prevent substance abuse among young South Africans - Cleo Protogerou, Alan J. Flisher and Neo K. Morojele
Chapter 15

Interpersonal violence in South Africa and substance misuse: some perspectives on the connections - Catherine L. Ward
Chapter 16

Substance use, stigma, and health literacy:   a conceptual  framework - Katherine Sorsdahl and Dan J Stein
Chapter 17

Addiction:  philosophy and ethics - Wllie Pienaar
Chapter 18

Clinical treatment of substance abuse and dependence in South  Africa -Henk Temmingh and Bronwyn Myers
Chapter 19

Substance abuse policy in South Africa - Crick Lund and Noxolo Hewana

 

 

Clinicians, academics interested in substance abuse, policy-makers, lay people interested in South African social issues and their relation to current research.

The local authorship and focus differentiate the book from other books on substance use disorders.