Nutrition and addiction : a handbook : supporting recovery from food and substance misuse with nutritional and lifestyle interventions

DrugScope, the UK's leading independent centre of information and advice on drugs, and the national membership organisation for the drug field. From 2006 to April 2008, he was head of the policy and parliamentary unit at Mind, a charity that campaigns for better mental health. Marcus joined Mind in September 2006. Previously, he was head of policy at DrugScope and policy manager at Nacro, the crime reduction charity. He also worked at the Children's Legal Centre at the University of Essex. He was editor of the legal journal ChildRight from 1998 to 2000, and of Safer Society, the journal of crime reduction and community safety, from 2000 to 2002. He was Baring Foundation Fellow in philosophy and human rights at the University of Essex in 1994, and before joining the voluntary sector he spent time teaching philosophy and politics at the universities of Essex and Brighton, and as an associate lecturer of the Open University. This indepth handbook examines newly emerging concepts in the management of addiction. Leading researchers and experienced nutrition practitioners explore the underlying nutritional and biochemical factors involved in addictive behaviour, and the importance of nutrition in the prevention and management of addiction and its role in sustainable recovery. This in depth handbook examines newly emerging concepts in the management of addiction. Leading researchers and experienced nutrition practitioners explore the underlying nutritional and biochemical factors involved in addictive behavior, and the importance of nutrition in the prevention and management of addiction and its role in sustainable recovery In-depth examination of newly emerging concepts in the understanding and management of addiction through nutritional and lifestyle interventions.