Alcohol and Drug Problems in Women

Alcohol and Drug Problems in Women by Oriana Josseau Kalant.

Over the last decade the world has experienced a growing interest in problems associated with the nonmedical use of drugs. This interest has corresponded to a real growth in the extent, diversity, and social impact of the use of alcohol and drugs in many societies. As a result, the amount of researc...

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Main Author: Kalant, Oriana Josseau (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1980.
Edition:1st ed. 1980.
Series:Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems ; 5
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Clinical psychology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Sex Differences in Alcohol and Drug Problems— Some Highlights
  • 2. Temperance and Women in 19th-Century United States
  • 3. Sex Differences in the Prevalence of Problem Drinking
  • 4. Sex Differences in Psychoactive Drug Use: Recent Epidemiology
  • 5. Longitudinal Studies of Alcohol and Drug Problems: Sex Differences
  • 6. Sex Differences in the Inheritance of Alcoholism
  • 7. Some Behavioral and Biological Aspects of Alcohol Problems in Women
  • 8. Nature and Development of Alcoholism in Women
  • 9. Sex Differences in Morbidity of Alcoholics
  • 10. Sex Differences in Mortality: A Comparison of Male and Female Alcoholics
  • 11. Alcoholism in Women: Treatment Modalities and Outcomes
  • 12. Dependence on Psychotropic Drugs and Analgesics in Men and Women
  • 13. Opiate Dependence in Women
  • 14. Problems Related to the Use of Tobacco by Women
  • 15. Sex Differences in the Effects of Alcohol and Other Psychoactive Drugs on Endocrine Function: Clinical and Experimental Evidence
  • 16. The Effects of Alcohol on the Fetus and Offspring
  • 17. The Effects of Opiates, Sedative—Hypnotics, Amphetamines, Cannabis, and Other Psychoactive Drugs on the Fetus and Newborn.

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