Drink, Drugs and Dependence: From Science to Clinical PracticeWoody Caan, Jackie de Belleroche At a world level addiction and the fall-out from substance use is affecting more and more lives. Professionals are increasingly being confronted with puzzling, multifaceted aspects of substance use, whether they work in a clinic, the laboratory or the community. |
Contents
1 What is a drug and what is addiction? | 1 |
2 Systemic effects of excess alcohol consumption | 16 |
3 Alcohol and genetic predisposition | 26 |
4 Alcohol and the brain | 38 |
5 Alcohol on the mind | 50 |
6 The sociology of alcohol abuse | 66 |
7 Alcohol and society | 78 |
8 Smoking and the lung | 90 |
12 Ecstasy | 131 |
13 Adolescent drug use and health | 140 |
14 The nature of heroin and cocaine dependence | 164 |
15 Benzodiazepine abuse | 190 |
16 Treatment options across the addictions | 208 |
the long haul | 229 |
18 Policing drug abuse | 260 |
19 Prevention | 280 |
Other editions - View all
Drink, Drugs and Dependence: From Science to Clinical Practice Woody Caan,J. De Belleroche Limited preview - 2002 |
Drink, Drugs and Dependence: From Science to Clinical Practice Woody Caan,Jackie de Belleroche Limited preview - 2003 |
Drink, Drugs and Dependence: From Science to Clinical Practice Woody Caan,Jackie de Belleroche No preview available - 2004 |