A preliminary exploration of immigrant substance abusers from the former Soviet Union living in Israel, Germany and the United States: A multi-national perspective

Richard Isralowitz; Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner; Irmgard Vogt; Victor Chtenguelov

A preliminary exploration of immigrant substance abusers from the former Soviet Union living in Israel, Germany and the United States: A multi-national perspective

Richard Isralowitz, Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner, Irmgard Vogt, Victor Chtenguelov

Social Work

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Abstract

The Former Soviet Union (FSU) has historically been seen as having an unusually large population of individuals with alcohol problems. Since the fall of the communist regime, a growing drug abusing population has become visible. With the large migration of its residents to western countries and to Israel, the rates of alcohol and drug

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	International Aspects of Social Work Practice in the Addictions
Publisher	Taylor and Francis
Pages	119-136
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9781317718734
ISBN (Print)	0789019973, 9780789019967
State	Published - Jan 1 2014

Keywords

Drug and alcohol abuse
Germany
Heroin addicts in Former Soviet Union
Israel
Russian immigrants
United States

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Psychology
General Social Sciences

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A preliminary exploration of immigrant substance abusers from the former Soviet Union living in Israel, Germany and the United States: A multi-national perspective. / Isralowitz, Richard; Ashenberg Straussner, Shulamith Lala; Vogt, Irmgard et al.
International Aspects of Social Work Practice in the Addictions. Taylor and Francis, 2014. p. 119-136.

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A preliminary exploration of immigrant substance abusers from the former Soviet Union living in Israel, Germany and the United States: A multi-national perspective

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