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Author:   W.K. Bickel ,  R.J. DeGrandpre
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   1996 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.460kg
ISBN:  

9780306452413

ISBN 10:   0306452413
Pages:   326
Publication Date:   31 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Informing Drug Policy via Psychological Science: Basic Research in Drug Abuse and Its Determinants.- Environmental Factors in the Instigation and Maintenance of Drug Abuse.- Psychological Science Speaks to Drug Policy.- Informing Drug Policy via Psychological Science: Changing Drug Use.- Psychological Approaches to Prevention.- Drug Abuse, Drug Treatment, and Public Policy.- Cultural Factors in the Control, Prevention, and Treatment of Illicit Drug Use.- Informing Drug Policy via Psychological Science: Innovations in Treatment Services.- Achieving the Public Health and Safety Potential of Substance Abuse Treatments.- Drug Policy and the Enhancement of Access to Treatment.- The Psychology of Drug Policy: Psychological Assumptions behind Policy.- Examining the Behavioral Assumptions of the National Drug Control Strategy.- Assumptions about Drugs and the Marketing of Drug Policies.- The Pharmacological Understanding of Psychoactive Drugs.- The Psychology of Drug Policy: Social and Cultural Factors Influencing Drug Policy.- American and Canadian Drug Policy.- The War on Drugs as a Metaphor in American Culture.- The Impact of Socially Constructed Knowledge on Drug Policy.

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`An excellent text for both graduate courses and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of addiction...will also be of value to social scientists and medical scientists...Perhaps most importantly, this book should be read by politicians and policy makers, regardless of their current views on and approaches to drug policy.' - Journal of Studies on Alcohol, March 1998 `Overall the volume is excellent, with superb reviews of the relevant literature covering the entire spectrum of the drug-abuse problem.' - American Scientist `A novel and welcome approach to a difficult subject.' - Addiction

An excellent text for both graduate courses and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of addiction...will also be of value to social scientists and medical scientists...Perhaps most importantly, this book should be read by politicians and policy makers, regardless of their current views on and approaches to drug policy.' - Journal of Studies on Alcohol, March 1998 Overall the volume is excellent, with superb reviews of the relevant literature covering the entire spectrum of the drug-abuse problem.' - American Scientist A novel and welcome approach to a difficult subject.' - Addiction

`An excellent text for both graduate courses and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of addiction...will also be of value to social scientists and medical scientists...Perhaps most importantly, this book should be read by politicians and policy makers, regardless of their current views on and approaches to drug policy.' - Journal of Studies on Alcohol, March 1998 `Overall the volume is excellent, with superb reviews of the relevant literature covering the entire spectrum of the drug-abuse problem.' - American Scientist `A novel and welcome approach to a difficult subject.' - Addiction

'An excellent text for both graduate courses and advanced undergraduate courses on the psychology of addiction...will also be of value to social scientists and medical scientists...Perhaps most importantly, this book should be read by politicians and policy makers, regardless of their current views on and approaches to drug policy.' - Journal of Studies on Alcohol, March 1998 'Overall the volume is excellent, with superb reviews of the relevant literature covering the entire spectrum of the drug-abuse problem.' - American Scientist 'A novel and welcome approach to a difficult subject.' - Addiction

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