Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs : A Research Perspective

by Jung, John

• ISBN13: 9780761921004
• ISBN10: 0761921001
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-22
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc

Summary

Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs encourages the reader to become a critical consumer rather than a docile recipient of research information in this field, much of it interpreted in a highly dubious, and frequently political manner.The author offers a psychological perspective in his coverage of alcohol and drug-related issues, focusing in depth on key topics. He:· examines the contribution of research methodology to outcomes· offers alternative explanations to alcohol and drug-related issues· considers causal relationships in substance abuse· discusses alcohol and drug abuse in different groups defined by gender, age race, marital status and· includes Danish and Swedish studies of hereditary and environmental influences

Author Biography

John Jung is Professor of Psychology at California State University, Long Beach

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Psychology of Psychoactive Drugs	1	(28)
Focus and Goals of This Book	3	(1)
History of Drugs in America	4	(8)
Origins of Licit Drugs	12	(3)
Origins of Illicit Drugs	15	(6)
Some Central Questions	21	(5)
Summary	26	(1)
Stimulus/Response	26	(3)
Defining Use, Abuse, and Dependency	29	(26)
Defining Use	30	(5)
Methods of Measuring Drug Use	35	(3)
Use, Abuse, and Dependence	38	(3)
Major Conceptions of Alcohol Use Disorders	41	(3)
Criteria of Abuse and Dependence	44	(6)
Summary	50	(1)
Key Terms	51	(1)
Stimulus/Response	52	(3)
The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use	55	(278)
The Epidemiological Approach	56	(1)
National Surveys of Alcohol and Other Drug Use	57	(11)
The Ethnographic Approach	68	(2)
Stability of Use Patterns	70	(3)
Abstention	73	(248)
Cognition	321	(8)
Summary	329	(2)
Key Terms	331	(1)
Stimulus/Response	331	(2)
Alcohol and Other Drugs: Relationship to Interpersonal Processes	333	(32)
Aggression	333	(16)
Sexual Activity	349	(12)
Summary	361	(1)
Key Terms	362	(1)
Stimulus/Response	362	(3)
Alcohol and Other Drugs: Relationship to Family Processes	365	(32)
Alcohol and Marital Status	366	(5)
Effects of Parental Alcohol Abuse on Children	371	(9)
Alcoholic Family Interactions	380	(4)
Children of Alcoholics	384	(7)
Codependency	391	(2)
Summary	393	(2)
Key Terms	395	(1)
Stimulus/Response	395	(2)
Recovering From Alcohol and Other Drug Dependency	397	(26)
Motivating Change	398	(3)
Alcoholics Anonymous and Related Mutual Help Groups	401	(15)
Self-Help Treatment for the Families of Alcoholics	416	(4)
Summary	420	(1)
Key Terms	421	(1)
Stimulus/Response	421	(2)
Treatment of Alcohol and Other Drug Dependency	423	(44)
Psychotherapeutic Approaches	425	(2)
Behavioral Approaches	427	(3)
Family Therapy	430	(4)
Pharmacological Approaches	434	(1)
Evaluation of Treatment Programs	434	(12)
Other Treatment Issues	446	(8)
Treatment of Abuse and Dependency on Other Drugs	454	(7)
Summary	461	(2)
Key Terms	463	(1)
Stimulus/Response	463	(4)
Relapse After Alcohol and Other Drug Treatment	467	(26)
Lapse Versus Relapse	468	(5)
Models of Relapse	473	(7)
Overview of Relapse Process	480	(2)
Relapse Prevention	482	(7)
Summary	489	(2)
Key Terms	491	(1)
Stimulus/Response	491	(2)
Prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Problems	493	(38)
Social Policy and Drugs	494	(3)
The Public Health Model	497	(2)
Control of Availability	499	(1)
Primary Prevention	500	(8)
Secondary Prevention	508	(6)
Harm Reduction Approach	514	(4)
Promoting Social Change	518	(2)
A Tale of Two Drugs	520	(5)
The Future of Prevention	525	(2)
Summary	527	(1)
Key Terms	528	(1)
Stimulus/Response	528	(3)
References	531	(58)
Glossary	589	(15)
Name Index	604	(17)
Subject Index	621	(13)
About the Author	634