Drug abuse : concepts, prevention, and cessation

Sussman, Steven Yale (Author). Ames, Susan L., 1956- (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0521716152 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780521716154 (pbk.)
ISBN: 0521858925
ISBN: 9780521858922
Physical Description: xi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
print
Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-335) and indexes.

Formatted Contents Note:

Concepts of drug, drug use, misuse, and abuse -- Further classifications relevant to substance abuse and dependence -- Types of drugs, history of drug use and misuse, and costs of drug misuse -- Current multivariable models -- Neurobiologically-relevant -- Cognitive processes -- Social interaction and social groups -- The large social and physical environment -- Assessment -- Concepts of prevention -- Neurobiologically relevant -- Cognitive processes -- Social interaction and social groups -- The large social and physical environment -- Concepts of cessation -- Neurobiologically-relevant -- Cognitive processes -- Social interaction and social groups -- The large social and physical environment -- Conclusions and recent and future directions.