Addictive Behaviors Across the Life Span: Prevention, Treatment, and Policy Issues

Baer, John S./ Marlatt, G. Alan/ McMahon, Robert J. (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0803950799 / ISBN 13: 9780803950795

Published by Sage Pubns, 1993

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358 pages. 8.50x5.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Addictive Behaviors Across the Life Span: Prevention, Treatment, and Policy Issues
• Publisher: Sage Pubns
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803950799
• ISBN 13: 9780803950795
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.48 kilograms

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Synopsis

Leading scholars, researchers, and clinicians in the field of addictive behavior provide an examination of drug dependency from a life span perspective in this authoritative volume. These experts argue that addictive problems among adolescents, young adults, those in mid-life, and the elderly require new forms of intervention and different theoretical conceptualizations. Organized around four general topic areas: etiology and course, prevention and early intervention, integrated treatment, and policy issues across the life span, Addictive Behaviors Across the Life Span thoroughly delineates such timely issues as treating substance abuse problems in offenders, prevention and early detection of alcohol and drug problems, the codependency movement, recovery patterns, and women′s issues. Among the other topics covered are biopsychosocial perspectives on the intergenerational transmission of alcoholism to children of alcoholics, comparative effects of community-based drug abuse prevention, adult marijuana dependence, and reducing the risks of addictive behaviors. Addictive Behaviors Across the Life Span is essential reading for academic and research psychologists, social workers, addiction counselors, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals involved in direct treatment.

About the Author

Robert J. McMahon received his Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut in 1977 and was professor of History at the University of Florida before moving to Ohio State University. He specializes in United States diplomatic history. He is the author of Colonialism and Cold War: The United States and the Struggle for Indonesian Independence (1981) and The Cold War on the Periphery: The United States, India, and Pakistan (1994). He is also the co-editor of the Problems in American Civilization book The Origins of the Cold War, which entered its fourth edition in 1999.