Substance abuse, assessment and addiction / Kristina A. Murati and Allison G. Fischer, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Murati, Kristina A.

Fischer, Allison G.

Series:

Substance abuse assessment, interventions and treatment series.

Substance abuse assessment, interventions and treatment

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse.

Substance abuse--Treatment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Drug abuse / Manoel Jorge Nobre and Vanessa Moreno Castilho

Drug abuse, education, and eradication / Eduardo Montesinos

Sexual effects and drugs of abuse : possible links through learning / Chana K. Akinsa and Neil Levens

Binge drinking : a commentary / Jan Gill, Julie Murdoch and Fiona O'May

Strategies for implementing evidence-based practice in community substance abuse treatment settings / Roger H. Peters, W. Michael Hunt, Kathleen A. Moore, Holly A. Hills and M. Scott Young

Current controversies in the assessment and treatment of heroin addiction / Robert J. Craig

Dependence on and treatment for street drugs among manhattan arrestees / Bruce D. Johnson and Andrew Golub

The treatment of cocaine abuse : problems and perspectives / Antonio Preti

Incorporation of regularised urin-based HIV testing in methadone treatment programme for enhancing the effectiveness of hiv prevention in drug users / S.S. Lee, K.C.K. Lee, W.Y. Wan and K.H. Wong

The application of a mathematical model for the assessment of the memorization curve in drug addicts and alcoholics / Charles I. Abramson and Igor I. Stepanov

Women and addictions : body weight and shape concerns as barriers to recovery from substance use disorders : let's address these issues in treatment and recovery now! / Christine M. Courbasson and Irina Schelkanova

Addressing trauma among women with serious addictive disorders : treatment models, program factors and potential mediators / Douglas L. Polcin, Madhabika B. Nayak and Susan Blacksher

Anabolic steroid abuse : federal efforts to prevent and reduce anabolic steroid abuse among teenagers / Laurie Ekstrand

Quality assessment of herbal medicine with chromatographic fingerprint / Fan Gonga, Qing Zhangc and Jing Zhang

Heroin addiction in pregnancy : ongoing demands and actual therapy modalities / Maki Kashiwagi, Urs Zimmermann-Baer, Margaret Huesler and Andre Seidenberg

Alcoholism and pregnancy / Jorge Eduardo Montesinos Balboa and Angelica Calderon Alvarez.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-62100-118-0