Determinants of Substance Abuse Biological , Psychological, and Environmental Factors / edited by Mark Galizio, Stephen A. Maisto.

With the recent increase in the scope of drug and alcohol problems has come an awareness of the need for solutions. In this context, federal support for research on drug problems increased tremendously during the last 10 to 15 years with the establishment of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NID...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Galizio, Mark (Editor), Maisto, Stephen A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1985.
Edition:1st ed. 1985.
Series:Perspectives on Individual Differences
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Table of Contents:
  • I: Introduction
  • 1 Individual Differences in Substance Abuse: An Introduction
  • II: Biological Factors
  • 2 The Role of Genetics in Substance Abuse
  • 3 Biochemical Substrates of Drug Abuse
  • 4 Individual Differences in Tolerance and Relapse: A Pavlovian Conditioning Perspective
  • 5 Behavioral Approaches to Individual Differences in Substance Abuse: Drug-taking Behavior
  • III: Psychosocial Factors
  • 6 Cognitive Factors in Alcohol and Drug Use
  • 7 Personality Correlates of Substance Abuse
  • 8 Environmental Factors in Substance Abuse: The Microsetting
  • 9 Macroenvironmental Factors as Determinants of Substance Use and Abuse
  • IV: Determinants of Recovery from Substance Abuse Problems
  • 10 Individual Differences in Response to Treatment
  • 11 The Significance of Environmental Factors for the Design and the Evaluation of Alcohol Treatment Programs
  • 12 Determinants of Substance Abuse Relapse
  • V: Summary
  • 13 Toward a Biopsychosocial Theory of Substance Abuse.