The Social Psychology Of Drug Abuse
Author:   Steve Sussman ,  Susan Ames ,  Stephen Sutton
Publisher:   Open University Press
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9780335206186


Pages:   192
Publication Date:   16 December 2001
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Author:   Steve Sussman ,  Susan Ames ,  Stephen Sutton
Publisher:   Open University Press
Imprint:   Open University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.287kg
ISBN:  

9780335206186


ISBN 10:   0335206182
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   16 December 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Series editor's foreword Preface Acknowledgements Part one: General issues pertaining to drug abuse Definitions of drug abuse and drug abuse consequences Is drug abuse a disease? Drug abuse and other problem behaviours Assessment of drug abuse Part two: Predictors of drug use and abuse Extra-personal predictors of drug abuse Intra-personal predictors of drug abuse Integrated theories of drug abuse Part three: Drug abuse prevention and cessation programming and the future Drug abuse prevention programmes Drug abuse cessation programmes and relapse prevention Future considerations in the drug abuse arena Bibliography Index.

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Steve Sussman received his doctorate in psychology from the Univeristy of Illinois at Chicago. He is now a professor at the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research at the University of Southern California. He has published over 160 articles in the areas of drug abuse prevention and cessation, and empirical programme development. Particular research interests include psychosocial prediction of tobacco and other drug use, and drug abuse prevention and cessation. Susan L. Ames earned her doctorate in health behaviour research from the Department of Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California. She is a part-time staff research associate at the Center for Research on Substance Abuse at the University of California, Los Angeles and part-time research associate at the Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include the impact of memory on addictive behaviours, developing prediction models of substance use, prevention and harm reduction of addictive behaviours, and the psychosocial correlates of drug use.

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