Rethinking Substance Abuse What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It

Name: Rethinking Substance Abuse What the Science Shows, and What We Should Do about It
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ISBN: 9781572302310

ISBN-10: 1572302313

ISBN-13: 9781572302310

Edition: 2006

Authors: William R. Miller, Kathleen M. Carroll

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In this book leading experts describe what treatment and prevention would look like if it were based on the best science available.The volume incorporates developmental, neurobiological, genetic, behavioural and social-environmental perspectives and summarizes current thinking on the nature and causes of these problems.

Book details

List price: $92.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Publication date: 2/15/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 320
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.21" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English




Introduction



Defining and Addressing the Problem




The Forest and the Trees: Addiction as a Complex Self-Organizing System




Biological Factors



The Neurobiology of Addiction: A Hedonic Calvinist View




What Can Human Brain Imaging Tell Us about Vulnerability to Addiction and to Relapse?




Genetics of Substance Use Disorders




Psychological Factors



Natural Change and the Troublesome Use of Substances: A Life-Course Perspective




Developmental Perspectives on the Risk for Developing Substance Abuse Problems




Comorbid Substance Use Disorders and Psychiatric Disorders




Motivational Factors in Addictive Behaviors




Social Factors



Racial and Gender Differences in Substance Abuse: What Should Communities Do about Them?




Family and Other Close Relationships




Social Contexts and Substance Use




Ethnography and Applied Substance Misuse Research: Anthropological and Cross-Cultural Factors




Interventions



Behavioral Therapies: The Glass Would Be Half Full If Only We Had a Glass




Pharmacotherapy of Addictive Disorders




Religion, Spirituality, and the Troublesome Use of Substances




What We Need Is a System: Creating a Responsive and Effective Substance Abuse Treatment System




Drawing the Science Together: Ten Principles, Ten Recommendations