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by Levinthal, Charles F.

• ISBN13: 9780205216963
• ISBN10: 020521696X
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-22
• Publisher: Pearson

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Author Biography

Dr. Charles F. Levinthal is Chair of the Department of Psychology and Professor of Psychology at Hofstra University, where he has taught and conducted research since 1971, having received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is author of fifteen books, including Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, 7th ed. (2012), Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, 3rd ed. (2012), Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy (2003), Introduction to Physiological Psychology, 3rd ed. (1990), and Messengers of Paradise: Opiates and the Brain (1988). Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society has been published in Korean (2008), and Messengers of the Paradise: Opiates and the Brain has been published in Spanish (1989) and Japanese (1991). His present research interests include issues in substance abuse and dependence, clinical neuropsychology, and cognitive decision-making. Dr. Levinthal presented the Hofstra University Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1987 and was voted by the graduating Class of 2003 as Distinguished Teacher of the Year. Dr. Levinthal was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2010.

Table of Contents

BRIEF CONTENTS 

Preface  

 

PART ONE:  Drugs in Society/Drugs in Our Lives  

 

CHAPTER 1: Drugs and Behavior Today

 

CHAPTER  2: Drug-Taking Behavior: The Personal and Social Concerns

 

CHAPTER 3:  How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind  

 

 

PART TWO: Legally Restricted Drugs in Our Society  

 

CHAPTER 4:  The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines  

 

CHAPTER 5:   Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates  

 

CHAPTER 6:  LSD and Other Hallucinogens  

 

CHAPTER 7: Marijuana  

 

 

PART THREE:  Legal Drugs in Our Society  

 

CHAPTER 8: Alcohol: Social Beverage/Social Drug  

 

CHAPTER 10: Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism  

 

CHAPTER  11: Nicotine and Tobacco  Use

 

PART FOUR:  Enhancers and Depressants

 

CHAPTER 12:  Performance Enhancing Drugs and Drug Testing in Sports

 

CHAPTER  13: Depressents and Inhalants 

 

PART FIVE: Medicinal Drugs

 

CHAPTER 14 Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs, and Dietary Supplements  

 

CHAPTER 15: Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders  

 

PART SIX: Prevention and Treatment

 

CHAPTER  16: Substance-Abuse Prevention

 

CHAPTER 17: Substance-Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change