Front Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the contributors -- Introduction Substance use and abuse in South Africa -- Epidemiology and Symptomatology -- 1. Epidemiology of substance use and abuse in South Africa -- 2. The clinical presentation of substance-related disorders in South Africa -- 3. Developmental consequences of prenatal drug and alcohol exposure -- 4. Women and alcohol -- Neuroscience and Psychiatry -- 5. Addiction as virtual seeking: evolutionary insights into addiction -- 6. Genetics and molecular biology -- 7. Brain imaging and neural circuitry in methamphetamine users -- 8. Affective neuroscience of methamphetamine abuse -- 9. Neurocognitive effects of alcohol abuse and dependence -- 10. Neuropsychoanalytic notes on addiction -- 11. Decision-making and substance abuse: a South African perspective -- 12. Animal models of substance abuse -- Intervention and Policy -- 13. Youth and substances -- 14. Evaluated interventions to prevent substance abuse among young South Africans -- 15. Interpersonal violence in South Africa and substance misuse: connections and approaches to prevention -- 16. Substance use, stigma and health literacy: a conceptual framework -- 17. Addiction: philosophy and ethics -- 18. Clinical treatment of substance use disorders in South Africa -- 19. Substance abuse policy in South Africa -- Index -- Back Cover.