AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH ON DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE: CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES AND SOLUTIONS

Sebin Thomas Babu, St. Ignatius of Loyola College
Vishnu Sivanandan Girija, Institute of Management in Government IMG, Kerala, India
dr. Pramod Stephen Kamalabai, Assistant Professor, Department of Counselling Psychology, Loyola College of Social Sciences, Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala, India
dr. Kristina Grumadaitė, St. Ignatius of Loyola College

PUBLISHED IN – HOLISTINIS POŽIŪRIS Į KOLEGIJINIŲ STUDIJŲ PERSPEKTYVĄ VISUOMENĖS, DARBO RINKOS IR AUKŠTOJO MOKSLO SISTEMOS KAITOS KONTEKSTE

Keywords: Drug and substance abuse; drug abuse consequences; drug abuse factors; interdisciplinary approach.

ABSTRACT

This paper presents an interdisciplinary approach, applying sociology, psychology, biology, public policy and educology in order to analyze the contemporary phenomenon of drug and substance abuse, its reasons, consequences and prevention methods. It emphasizes that the strategies to reduce drug and substance abuse should employ different complex knowledge of different fields while combining individual, group and societal levels.

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