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Communication Barriers and the Mystification of Drug Effects
Author(s) -
Keiner G. Elly
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238680000531
Subject(s) - meaning (existential) , drug addict , value (mathematics) , addiction , psychology , drug , social psychology , psychotherapist , epistemology , computer science , psychiatry , philosophy , machine learning
The value of communication in the prevention and treatment of drug misuse is considered. The need to give meaning to one's life is depicted as being crucial to normal development, while in addicts, the drug often replaces the human interactions which they find so difficult to establish. A model of subjective reality is outlined and discussed.