The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology

by MacKillop, James; de Wit, Harriet

• ISBN13: 9781118384398
• ISBN10: 1118384393
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2013-02-13
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Addiction Psychopharmacology is an authoritative collection of the most current research approaches to the study of drug addiction.

• Provides students and scholars with the practical tools to do the best work possible in addiction psychopharmacology
• Features reviews on the empirical relevance of the research methods and the nuances of the methodologies used
• Topics covered include core methods for assessing drug effects, distal and proximal determinants of drug use, and insights from cognitive neuroscience
• Includes contributions from a diverse range of experts that reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the field

Author Biography

James MacKillop is Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Georgia; and Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University. Dr. MacKillop's research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Alcoholic Medical Research Foundation, among other granting agencies, and he has published over 70 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in this area.

 

Harriet de Wit is Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Chicago. Dr. de Wit has published over 200 empirical papers and is an editor of the journals Psychopharmacology and Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.