Vulnerability to drug abuse /

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Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, ©1992.
Description:	1 online resource (xvi, 533 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Drug abuse -- Etiology -- Congresses. Substance-Related Disorders -- etiology. Substance-Related Disorders -- psychology. Drug abuse -- Etiology. Congress. Conference papers and proceedings. Electronic Books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11139440

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Other authors / contributors:	Glantz, Meyer D. Pickens, Roy W. American Psychological Association. Science Directorate. American Psychological Association. National Institute on Drug Abuse.
ISBN:	1557981426 9781557981424
Notes:	Based in part on material presented at a conference held Nov. 13-14, 1989, co-sponsored by the American Psychological Association Science Directorate and the National Institute of Drug Abuse. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. English. Made available through: American Psychological Association's PsyBooks Collection. Print version record.
Summary:	Why are some people predisposed to drug abuse while others seem to be protected? What are the factors that lead to abuse? "Vulnerability to Drug Abuse" presents the latest research and important new insights into these complex questions. /// Combining new findings with extensive research reviews by the leading experts, "Vulnerability to Drug Abuse" examines the full range of variables that affect vulnerability; biomedical (including genetic), psychological, psychiatric, social, familial, and environmental factors are included. Designed for both researchers and practitioners, this comprehensive text is the authoritative reference for the latest information on: the risk factors and etiology of drug abuse; the results of multidisciplinary and longitudinal studies; integrative models and theories of drug abuse and escalation; methodological issues and approaches [and] research on special populations. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Other form:	Vulnerability to drug abuse (print)

Table of Contents:

Vulnerability to drug abuse : introduction and overview / Meyer D. Glantz and Roy W. Pickens
Transitions in drug use : risk and protective factors / Richard R. Clayton
Nosological considerations in the diagnosis of substance use disorders / Thomas F. Babor
Familial factors in vulnerability to substance abuse / Kathleen R. Merikangas, Bruce J. Bounsaville, Brigitte A. Prusoff
Genetic and environmental factors in initiation of drug use and the transition to abuse / Remi J. Cadoret
Biological factors in sociopathy : relationships to drug abuse behaviors / Roy King, Deborah Curtis, Guenther Knoblich
The role of psychopathology in the transition from drug use to abuse and dependence / Roger D. Weiss
Ontogeny of substance abuse : perspectives and findings / Ralph E. Tarter and Ada C. Mezzich
Affectivity : a central mechanism in the development of drug dependence / Robert J. Pandina, Valerie Johnson, Erich W. Labouvie
Progression to regular marijuana involvement : phenomenology and risk factors for near-daily use / Denise B. Kandel and Mark Davies
Understanding the multidimensional nature of drug use and abuse : the role of consumption, risk factors, and protective factors / Michael D. Newcomb
Relationships between circumstances surrounding initial illicit drug use and escalation of drug use : moderating effects of gender and early adolescent experiences / Howard B. Kaplan and Robert J. Johnson
Psychosocial risk factors in the transition from moderate to heavy use or abuse of drugs / Judith S. Brook [and others]
A developmental psychopathology model of drug abuse vulnerability / Meyer D. Glantz
Predictive factors in adult substance abuse : a prospective study of African American adolescents / Ann F. Brunswick, Peter A. Messeri, Stephen P. Titus
Another time, another drug / Joan McCord
The many paths to drug dependence / Geroge E. Woody, Harold C. Urschel III, Arthur Alterman.

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