The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors is a definitive resource about addictive behaviours, emphasizing substance misuse, gambling, and problematic technology use.

List of contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction to The Routledge Handbook of Social Work and Addictive Behaviors; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION I The scope and nature of addictive behaviors and related problems; 2 Introduction to psychoactive substances; 3 Global alcohol epidemiology: focus on women of childbearing age; 4 Overview of addiction and the brain; 5 The role of genes and environments in shaping substance misuse; 6 Psychological models of addictive behavior; 7 Social environmental contexts of addictive behavior; 8 Gambling disorder: the first behavioral addiction; 9 Internet Gaming Disorder and problematic technology use; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION II Addictive behavior across the lifespan and specific populations; 10 Neonatal abstinence syndrome: recognition, management, and prevention; 11 Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: evidence, theory, and current insights; 12 The lay of the land: fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) as a whole-body diagnosis; 13 The adolescent brain: predictors and consequences of substance use; 14 Addictive behaviors during emerging adulthood; 15 Older adults and substance misuse; 16 Understanding addictive behavior from a human diversity perspective; 17 Substance use across the lifespan of the LGBTQ+ population; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION III Interventions to prevent and address addictive behavior and related problems; 18 Intervening around addictive behaviors; 19 Current and emerging pharmacotherapies for addiction treatment; Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) in the substance use system of care; 21 Mindfulness practices in addictive behavior prevention, treatment, and recovery; 22 Working with children whose parents engage in substance misuse; 23 All drugs aren't created equal: exploring the general and specific effects of psychoactive substances to understand child maltreatment risk by drug type; 24 Working with families affected by a member's addictive behavior; 25 The impact of addictive behavior on grandfamilies; 26 Planning health promotion programs to prevent substance use disorders and their consequences; 27 Integrated care: identifying and intervening with substance misuse in primary healthcare; 28 Drug treatment courts; 29 Roles for social work and other professions in support of recovery-oriented addiction policies and services; 30 Policy reforms to reduce harms associated with substance misuse; 31 Decriminalization and medicalization of cannabis: implications of the Caribbean experience for global social work practice; 32 Emerging policy and practice responses to substance use with currently and formerly incarcerated women; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION IV Issues frequently co-occurring with addictive behaviors; 33 Understanding addictive behaviors and co-occurring disorders; 34 Substance misuse and intimate partner violence; 35 Substance-involved sexual assault; INTRODUCTION TO SECTION V Moving forward; 36 Implementation of evidence-based substance misuse prevention and treatment interventions; 37 Core health professional education curriculum for risky substance use and substance use disorder; 38 Using GIS and spatial analysis to better integrate context into our understanding of addictive behaviors; 39 Emerging priorities for practice and research; Appendix A: diagnostic criteria for alcohol use disorder (AUD) and substance use disorders (SUD) in DSM-5® and ICD-11 protocols 625; Index