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Author Schilit, Rebecca.

Title Drugs and behavior : a sourcebook for the helping professions / Rebecca Schilit, Edith S. Lisansky Gomberg
Published Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, [1991]
©1991

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 MELB  362.29180973 Sch/Dab  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 355 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Part One: Drugs And Their Use -- Overview -- Drug Use and Abuse -- Drugs and the Body -- Narcotics -- CNS Depressants -- Sedative-Hypnotics -- Alcohol -- Central Nervous System Stimulants -- Marijuana and Hashish -- Hallucinogens -- Nicotine -- Part Two: Theories Of Etiology -- Biological and Genetic Explanations -- Psychosocial and Sociocultural Explanations -- Theories of Etiology -- Part Three: Treatment Modalities -- Self-Help Groups -- Medical Aspects of Treatment -- Individual Treatment Approaches -- Group Therapy -- Family Systems and Family Therapy -- Part Four: Special Populations -- Children and Adolescents -- The Elderly -- Women and Substance Abuse -- Lesbians and Gay Men -- Ethnic Minorities -- Part Five: Special Issues -- General Issues -- Some Treatment Issues -- Policy and Prevention
Analysis Drug abuse
United States
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Includes index
Subject Drug abuse -- Treatment -- United States.
Drug abuse -- United States.
Psychotropic Drugs.
Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
Substance-Related Disorders.
Author Gomberg, Edith Lisansky, 1920-
LC no. 91017558
ISBN 0803934610 (cl)
0803934629 (pb)