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Title: |
Substance Abuse, Assessment & Addiction |
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| Edited by: |
Kristina A Murati, Allison G Fischer |
| ISBN10-13: |
1611229316 : 9781611229318 |
| Illustrations: |
tables & charts |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
180x260mm |
| Pages: |
379 |
| Weight: |
.928 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - August 2011 |
| List Price: |
261.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Subjects: |
Drug & substance abuse: social aspects |
| Substance dependence, or addiction, is a relapsing disorder characterised by the loss of control of drug or alcohol intake, or a compulsion to take the substance, associated with the appearance of a withdrawal syndrome after a discontinuation of its long-term use. This book presents and discusses research in the study of substance abuse, including drug abuse and education; binge drinking; the treatment of heroine and cocaine abuse; women and addictions; anabolic steroid abuse and alcoholism and pregnancy. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Drug Abuse; Drug Abuse, Education & Eradication; Sexual Effects & Drugs of Abuse: Possible Links Through Learning; Binge Drinking: A Commentary; Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Substance Abuse Treatment Settings; Current Controversies in the Assessment & Treatment of Heroin Addiction; Dependence on & Treatment for Street Drugs Among Manhattan Arrestees; The Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Problems & Perspectives; Incorporation of Regularised Urin-Based HIV Testing in Methadone Treatment Programme for Enhancing the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention in Drug Users; The Application of a Mathematical Model for the Assessment of the Memorization Curve in Drug Addicts & Alcoholics; Women & Addictions: Body Weight & Shape Concerns as Barriers to Recovery from Substance use Disorders: Let's Address These Issues in Treatment & Recovery Now!; Addressing Trauma Among Women with Serious Addictive Disorders: Treatment Models, Program Factors & Potential Mediators; Anabolic Steroid Abuse: Federal Efforts to Prevent & Reduce Anabolic Steroid Abuse Among Teenagers; Quality Assessment of Herbal Medicine with Chromatographic Fingerprint; Heroin Addiction in Pregnancy: Ongoing Demands & Actual Therapy Modalities; Alcoholism & Pregnancy; Index. |
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