Rethinking substance abuse : what the science shows, and what we should do about it / edited by William R. Miller, Kathleen M. Carroll.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Carroll, Kathleen.

Miller, William R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While knowledge on substance abuse and addictions is expanding rapidly, clinical practice still lags behind. This state-of-the-art book brings together leading experts to describe what treatment and prevention would look like if it were based on the best science available. The volume incorporates developmental, neurobiological, genetic, behavioral, and social-environmental perspectives. Tightly edited chapters summarize current thinking on the nature and causes of alcohol and other drug problems; discuss what works at the individual, family, and societal levels; and offer robust princi

Contents:

Defining the problem / Kathleen M. Carroll and William R. Miller

The forest and the trees : addictions as a complex self-organizing system / Warren K. Bickel and Marc N. Potenza

Biological factors

The neurobiology of addiction : a hedonic calvinist view / George F. Koob

What can human brain imaging tell us about vulnerability to addiction and to relapse? / Anna Rose Childress

Genetics of substance use disorders / Deborah Hasin, Mark Hatzenbuehler, and Rachel Waxman

Psychological factors

Natural change and the troublesome use of substances : a life-course perspective / Carlo C. Diclemente

Developmental perspectives on the risk for developing substance abuse problems / Victor M. Hesselbrock and Michie N. Hesselbrock

Comorbid substance use disorders and psychiatric disorders / Kim T. Mueser ... [et al.]

Motivational factors in addictive behaviors / William R. Miller

Social factors

Racial and gender differences in substance use : what should communities do about them? / Harold D. Holder

Family and other close relationships / Barbara S. Mccrady

Social contexts and substance use / Rudolf H. Moos

Ethnography and applied substance misuse research : anthropological and cross-cultural factors / Robert G. Carlson

Interventions

Behavioral therapies : the glass would be half full if only we had a glass / Kathleen M. Carroll and Bruce J. Rounsaville

Pharmacotherapy of addictive disorders / Stephanie S. O'Malley and Thomas R. Kosten

Religion, spirituality and the troublesome use of substances / Keith Humphreys and Elizabeth Gifford

What we need is a system : creating a responsive and effective substance abuse treatment system / A. Thomas McLellan

Drawing the science together : ten principles, ten recommendations / William R. Miller and Kathleen M. Carroll.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-281-12327-7

9786611123277

1-59385-531-1

OCLC:

568023185