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Substance Abuse and Substance Use Disorders: A Global Pandemic Among Teenagers and youths: Implications for Counseling is a book revealed, to meet contemporary substance-related challenges. Substance/drug abuse with its associated physical, social and mental pathologies has become a global challenge. ‘Innovative Substances’ exposed in this book have added new dimensions to the problems of substances, especially socio-demographic boundaries. This author has, in this book, creatively classified the substances in the most understandable typology for ease of reading and comprehension by his diverse target audience. The book dedicates each chapter to a class presenting their brief origins, forms, types, pathogenetic sequences, recognition of symptoms, and management of the abuse/addictions as well as their related disorders. Exciting classes of substances such as Dissociatives and empathogens (aka entactogens) are new additions to the whole discussion of substances in modern day society. The book focuses on the distils to the role of the counselor and counseling in managing substances in our fast moving society. The easy-to-read format of the book should make it appealing to readers. Professionals in the Social Sciences, Education, Health, and other Helping Professions will find the book highly valuable. Every family also needs to read and keep a copy.
Ibrahim Nugwa Abdulrazak
Ibrahim Nugwa Abdulrazak is a seasoned Scholar, Computer Educationist and Counseling Psychologist (Licensed Mental Health Counsellor), whom have taught and counselled in all levels of Education, Primary, Secondary and Tertiary. He is a Member of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Association of Professional Counsellors in Nigeria and the Counselling Association of Nigeria. He is also a Skilled and knowledgeable ICT Specialist with excellent installation and troubleshooting abilities, Website/Software Developer, Extensively knowledgeable about data gathering, analysis and sampling techniques. Has excellent oral and written communication skills with more than fifteen (15) years of ICT Specialist experience.
