This book discusses a newly developed concept of adaptability capacity and development as an extension of Charles Darwin's work on adaptability.

AMBIT has been developed to help people with multiple needs including mental health. This book shows how it has been applied in social settings to provide help through practical use and case study. It describes recent developments in the AMBIT model and provides new thinking about how "helping" services can provide meaningful help and change.

Addiction is a subject which straddles public and personal interests, societal and criminal justice concerns, and social and medical responses. This Very Short Introduction is an accessible introduction to the basic facts about addiction: what it is, how and why it develops, how it is treated, and how society can respond to it.