UCT Press launches ‘Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa’

We closed off with an interview with Dr Ernesta Meintjes – From the Medical Research Council and UCT Medical Imaging Research Unit. She is one of the editors of the recently launched book entitled ‘Substance Use and Abuse in South Africa’. The book has arisen out of the thriving Brain-Behaviour Initiative (BBI) at the University of Cape Town, which relates neuroscience and behavioural science to social issues. It looks at the problem of substance abuse from multiple perspectives and particularly in the light of recent discoveries in brain and behavioural science, but also takes a public health view. Its focus ranges from brain imaging and dopaminergic neurocircuitry to policy and prevention. Check www.uctpress.co.za for more information.