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Drug Abuse—Prevention through Education at School
Author(s) -
Ripley Godfrey D.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
british journal of addiction to alcohol and other drugs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0007-0890
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1972.tb01213.x
Subject(s) - substance abuse , drug education , drug prevention , substance abuse prevention , personality , adjunct , psychology , health education , medicine , medical education , psychiatry , nursing , social psychology , public health , linguistics , philosophy
Summary A programme of health education at schools is described in which study is made of personality development. The role of drugs is included and it is suggested that this could be a worthwhile adjunct to prevention of drug abuse.