Drug Policy and Human Nature Psychological Perspectives on the Prevention, Management, and Treatment of Illicit Drug Abuse

Drug Policy and Human Nature Psychological Perspectives on the Prevention, Management, and Treatment of Illicit Drug Abuse / edited by W.K. Bickel, R.J. DeGrandpre.

The formation of drug policy is a complex phenomena influenced by a multi­ tude of sources. Among others, these influences include historical factors, contemporary public opinion regarding the nature and magnitude of drug use and abuse, the portrayal of illicit drugs and drug use in the media, and l...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Bickel, W.K (Editor), DeGrandpre, R.J (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1996.
Edition:1st ed. 1996.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Pharmacology.
Public health.
Epidemiology.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
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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