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This study brings together biological, psychological and sociological effects of drug use/abuse. Recent scientific findings relating to a wide range of psychoactive drugs are included along with chapters on inhalant abuse, steroid abuse and alcohol.
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Comprehensiveness, currency, and critical thinking set this introductory drug book apart from its competitors. Designed with today's drug-related controversies in mind, this book uses multiple pedagogical features to bring together the biological, psychological, and sociological effects of drug use and abuse.
About the Author
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.
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- PublisherAllyn & Bacon
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0205145809
- ISBN 13 9780205145805
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages431
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