Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention, and Cessation
Drug Abuse: Concepts, Prevention, and Cessation (Cambridge Studies on Child and Adolescent Health)
Steve Sussman, Susan Ames
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-02-25
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0521716152
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780521716154
Binding: Paperback
Drug Abuse: Etiology, Prevention, and Cessation serves as a comprehensive source of information on the topography of, causes of, and solutions to drug problems. The covers conceptual issues regarding definitions of drug use, misuse, abuse, and dependence. Importantly, the addresses a variety of theoretical bases currently applied to the development of prevention and cessation programs, specific program content from evidence-based programs, and program processes and modalities. Information regarding etiology, prevention, and cessation is neatly delineated into (a) neurobiological, (b) cognitive, (c) micro-social, and (d) macro-social/physical environmental units. The book is ideally suited as a primary source for students and professionals in chemical dependence programs, clinical and health psychology, public health, preventive medicine, nursing, sociology, and social work, among other fields, on the nature, causes, prevention, and cessation of the abuse of legal and illegal drugs.
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