Encyclopedia of Substance Abuse

by Mesnard, Sarah I.

• ISBN13: 9781613243916
• ISBN10: 161324391X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-07-01
• Publisher: NOVA SCIENCE PUBLISHERS INC

Summary

This book presents current research in the study of substance abuse. Topics discussed include cocaine-dependent patients with antisocial personality disorder; drug abuse and neuro-AIDS; alcohol and substance abuse among older adults; sexual abuse in men with substance abuse problems; cognitive dysfunction in cocaine abuse; current controversies in the assessment and treatment of heroin addiction; psychotropic analgestic nitrous oxide (PAN) for substance abuse withdrawal; carisoprodol withdrawal syndrome and new research on methamphetamine abuse.

Table of Contents

Preface

Cocaine Abuse & Today's Practice of Dentistry

Cocaine-Dependent Patients with Antisocial Personality Disorder

Drug Abuse & Neuro-AIDS

Drug Abuse

Cross-Cultural Parent-Child Relations: The Role of Parental Monitoring in Youth's Substance Abuse Behaviors in Hungary & the United States

Childhood Sexual Abuse & Substance Use Problems: Disentangling a Complex Association;

Alcohol & Substance Abuse Among Older Adults

Enhancing Self-Efficacy in a Strengths Perspective: Working with a Homeless Chinese Adult with Substance Abuse Problems

Suicide Risk in Substance Abusers with Schizophrenia

Big, buff & dependent: exercise dependence, muscle dysmorphia & anabolic steroid use in bodybuilders

Seeking Safety for men: Clinical & research experiences

Relationship between personality scales of impulsiveness & discounting of monetary gains & losses in smokers & never smokers

Sexual abuse in men with substance use problems: Assessment & treatment issues

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