This dissertation study explores lay knowledge related to illicit drug use. It is a current social concern in Finland as well as in many other countries, as the variety of substances and the prevalence of use continue to increase, bringing about shifting and more diverse views related to the issue of illicit drug use overall. The study argues that lay understandings regarding social phenomena create what we believe to be true and are thus inherently bound to action. In this study context, lay knowledge related to illicit drug use is conceptualized as social representations, and a social representations approach is used as a critical social psychological framework to analyse shared meanings and their significance for behaviour. Within th...
The aim of this study was to examine the association of personality with juvenile violence and subst...
Deconstruction of the problem of drug use through public discourse has been analyzed in the paper by...
Alcohol and drug use among women in Finland is currently increasing, meaning there has also been a s...
The present study focuses on the drug market in Helsinki in the early 2000s, mainly on the dealing i...
Wishes and illusions related to drugs and drug-like products – a psychodynamic perspective. This ...
In the paper author points out conceptual and terminological inconsistency of drug vocabulary and in...
This article analyzes the riskiness attached to illicit drug use by means of a social representation...
On a journey from marginal to mainstream? The lifestyle and recovery of former drug users This the...
This study examines drug-related deaths in Finland. The aim is to examine how pharmaceuticalisation ...
This doctoral dissertation study analyzed changes in the division of labor between the main societal...
Suomalaisten riippuvuuksia koskevat mielikuvat Mitä suomalaiset ajattelevat erilaisista riippuvuu...
In Estonia, illicit drug use hardly existed before the social changes of the 1990s when, as a result...
This doctoral dissertation study analyzed changes in the division of labor between the main societal...
Riippuvuusongelmat eli addiktiot ovat yleisiä ja maailmanlaajuinen ilmiö. Addiktiot ja niistä koituv...
The social aspect and its impact on drug addiction is analyzed. Drug addiction is a universal probl...
The aim of this study was to examine the association of personality with juvenile violence and subst...
Deconstruction of the problem of drug use through public discourse has been analyzed in the paper by...
Alcohol and drug use among women in Finland is currently increasing, meaning there has also been a s...
The present study focuses on the drug market in Helsinki in the early 2000s, mainly on the dealing i...
Wishes and illusions related to drugs and drug-like products – a psychodynamic perspective. This ...
In the paper author points out conceptual and terminological inconsistency of drug vocabulary and in...
This article analyzes the riskiness attached to illicit drug use by means of a social representation...
On a journey from marginal to mainstream? The lifestyle and recovery of former drug users This the...
This study examines drug-related deaths in Finland. The aim is to examine how pharmaceuticalisation ...
This doctoral dissertation study analyzed changes in the division of labor between the main societal...
Suomalaisten riippuvuuksia koskevat mielikuvat Mitä suomalaiset ajattelevat erilaisista riippuvuu...
In Estonia, illicit drug use hardly existed before the social changes of the 1990s when, as a result...
This doctoral dissertation study analyzed changes in the division of labor between the main societal...
Riippuvuusongelmat eli addiktiot ovat yleisiä ja maailmanlaajuinen ilmiö. Addiktiot ja niistä koituv...
The social aspect and its impact on drug addiction is analyzed. Drug addiction is a universal probl...
The aim of this study was to examine the association of personality with juvenile violence and subst...
Deconstruction of the problem of drug use through public discourse has been analyzed in the paper by...
Alcohol and drug use among women in Finland is currently increasing, meaning there has also been a s...