Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Behavior : Psychological Research Perspectives
ISBN: 9781412967648 | 1412967643
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
Pub. Date: 6/25/2009
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Providing a psychological perspective on the use and abuse of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs, this Second Edition includes more coverage of the theories of alcoholand other drug use and abuse, as well as broad conceptual issues related to the nature of addiction and recent developments in research methods. Key Features Focuses on alcohol, which is used more widely than any other drug, and the one that is associated with the most societal harm Evaluates important studies on major issues, concepts, and theories rather than providing exhau... MORE
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
| Focus and Goals of This Book | |
| History of Drugs in America | |
| Origins of Licit Drugs | |
| Origins of Illicit Drugs | |
| Some Central Questions | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| A "Layperson" Theory | |
| Psychological Theories | |
| Mediators, Moderators, and Direct Causes | |
| Theories of Smoking | |
| Theory of Caffeine Use | |
| Illicit Drug Theory | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence | |
| Defining Use | |
| Methods Of Measuring Use | |
| Use, Abuse, and Dependence | |
| Major Conceptions of Alcohol Use Disorders | |
| Criteria of Abuse and Dependence | |
| Assessment of DSM-IV Disorders | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| The Epidemiological Approach | |
| National Surveys of Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Stability of Alcohol Use Patterns | |
| Abuse and Dependency Rates | |
| Comorbidity of Alcohol and Illicit Drugs | |
| Other Sources of Data | |
| The Ethnographic Approach | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| What Happens After Drugs Are Taken? | |
| How Drugs Affect the Nervous System | |
| How Neurons Communicate | |
| How Alcohol and Other Drugs Affect Neurotransmission | |
| Changes in Neurophysiology With Prolonged Drug Use | |
| Neuroadaptational Models | |
| Physical Effects of Drugs | |
| A Safe Level of Alcohol Use? | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Molecular Genetics | |
| Indirect Evidence of Hereditary Influences on Alcoholism | |
| Direct Evidence of Hereditary Influences on Alcoholism | |
| Family Environment Influences | |
| Integrative Models of Heredity and Environment | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Basic Psychological Processes | |
| Methodological Issues | |
| Mood and Emotion | |
| Emotional Regulation and Drinking | |
| Sensory Motor Activity | |
| Cognition | |
| Structural Neuropsychological Explanations | |
| Process Neuropsychological Explanations | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Interpersonal Processes | |
| Aggression | |
| Moderators of the Alcohol-Aggression Relationship | |
| A Moderator Variable Model | |
| Sexual Activity | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Family Processes | |
| Alcohol and Marital Status | |
| Effects of Parental Alcohol Use Disorders on Children | |
| Alcoholic Family Interactions | |
| Adult Children of Alcoholics | |
| Codependency | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Age and Alcohol and Other Drugs | |
| Adolescents | |
| College Students | |
| Young Adults | |
| Older Populations | |
| Age, Cohort, and Period Effects | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Gender Differences In Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Methodological and Conceptual Issues | |
| Gender and Prevalence of Alcohol Use | |
| Gender Correlates of Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Gender and Alcoholism Treatment | |
| Theories of Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Smoking and Gender | |
| Gender and Other Drug Use | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Minority Groups: Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups and Alcohol | |
| Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups and Smoking | |
| Racial/Ethnic Minority Groups and Illicit Drugs | |
| Influence of Acculturation on Alcohol and Other Drug Use | |
| Sexual Minority Groups and Alcohol | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies | |
| Motivating Change | |
| Methods of Recovery | |
| Alcoholics Anonymous and Related Mutual Help Groups | |
| Behavioral Model | |
| Self-Help Treatment for the Family of Alcoholics | |
| Natural Recovery | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependencies | |
| Typical 28-Day Inpatient Treatment | |
| Size of the Treatment Population | |
| Reasons for Not Seeking Treatment | |
| Psychotherapy | |
| Behavioral Approaches | |
| Family Therapy | |
| Brief Intervention Therapy | |
| Early Detection and Screening | |
| Pharmacological Approaches | |
| Combining Behavioral and Pharmacological Treatment | |
| Evaluation of Treatment Programs | |
| Determining How Effective Therapies Work | |
| Matching Patients and Treatments | |
| Alcoholics With Dual Diagnoses | |
| Other Drugs: Treatment of Abuse and Dependency | |
| Smoking Treatments | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Relapse After Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Disorders | |
| Defining Relapse | |
| Craving and Relapse | |
| A Dynamic Model of Relapse | |
| Successful Lapse Resistance | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems | |
| Social Policy and Drugs | |
| The Public Health Model | |
| Primary Prevention | |
| Secondary Prevention | |
| Harm Reduction Approach | |
| Promoting Social Change | |
| A Tale of Two Drugs | |
| The Future of Prevention | |
| Summary | |
| Stimulus/Response | |
| Glossary | |
| References | |
| Index | |
| About the Author | |
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