This book examines many of the predominant issues in the field of social work in mental health and substance abuse today, including incarceration of drug abusers, methadone treatment for heroin users, substance abuse among sex workers, how parental smoking affects children's attitudes, binge drinking, depression and its relation to sociodemographic factors, help for homeless drug abusers, and more.

CONTENTS: Performance Measurement for Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders • Methamphetamine Use and Rates of Incarceration Among Street-Involved Youth in a Canadian Setting • Medication Management and Practices in Prison for People with Mental Health Problems • Estimating Incidence Trends in Regular Heroin Use in 26 Regions of Switzerland Using Methadone Treatment Data • Substance Abuse, Treatment Needs and Access Among Female Sex Workers and Non-Sex Workers in Pretoria, South Africa • How Stigma Limits the Options of Female Drug Users After Release from Jail • Evidence for Habitual and Goal-Directed Behavior Following Devaluation of Cocaine • Conflict and User Involvement in Drug Misuse Treatment Decision-Making • Deficits in Implicit Attention to Social Signals in Schizophrenia and High Risk Groups:Behavioral Evidence from a New Illusion • The Moderating Role of Parental Smoking on Their Children's Attitudes Toward Smoking Among a Predominantly Minority Sample • Women's Childhood and Adult Adverse Experiences, Mental Health, and Binge Drinking • Relation Between Depression and Sociodemographic Factors • Satisfaction with Life and Opioid Dependence • Can Playing the Computer Game "Tetris" Reduce the Build-Up of Flashbacks for Trauma? • more • Index

Positive psychology is a recent branch of psychology that, simply put, "studies the strengths and virtues that enable individuals and communities to thrive." This new book, Positive Psychology:Approach to Education, applies the concept of positive psychology to education, demonstrating how its effective use in the classroom can lead to stress-free learning and teaching. The concepts of positive psychology are introduced in simple language to enable readers to grasp them with ease, and the author explains specific techniques of applying positive psychology to enhance the teaching and learning experience.

CONTENTS: Preface; Chapter 1:Positive Psychology:Introduction and Historical Overview; Chapter 2:Positive Psychology:Components and Perspectives; Chapter 3:Why Positive Psychology Is Necessary; Chapter 4:Positive Psychology:Past, Present and (Possible) Future • Chapter 5:The Role of Positive Emotions in Positive Psychology; Chapter 6:Positive Education; Chapter 7:Positive Directions for Student Behavior • Chapter 8:Integrating Positive Psychology into Schools • Chapter 9:Approach of Positive Psychology in Education • Bibliography ...