Heroin : the treatment of addiction in twentieth-century Britain / Alex Mold.

DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, [2008], ©2008.

x, 236 pages ; 24 cm.

Treatment and control : the 'British system', 1916-1961 -- The new addicts and the establishment of the drug dependence units, 1962-1968 -- Psychiatry and the treatment of addiction, 1969-1979 -- The heroin explosion and the re-intervention of the generalist, 1980-1987 -- Disputed territory : the treatment of heroin addiction in private practice, 1980-1987 -- Disputed methods : maintenance and withdrawal, 1980-1987 -- The impact of HIV/AIDS on heroin addiction treatment, 1984-1994 -- Treatment works? Drug policy and addiction treatment since 1994 -- Conclusion: The treatment of heroin addiction--past, present, and future.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-227) and index.