Addiction & Opiates

Informationen zum Autor Alfred R. Lindesmith Klappentext A study about addiction to opiate-type drugs and their synthetic equivalents. It proposes and elaborates a general theoretical account of the nature of the experiences which generate an addict's characteristic craving for drugs. Zusammenfassung A study about addiction to opiate-type drugs and their synthetic equivalents. It proposes and elaborates a general theoretical account of the nature of the experiences which generate an addict's characteristic craving for drugs. Inhaltsverzeichnis I: The Nature of the Opiate Habit; 1: Method and Problem; 2: The Effects of Opiates; 3: Habituation and Addiction; 4: The Nature of Addiction; 5: Processes in Addiction; 6: Cure and Relapse; 7: A Critique of Current Views of Addiction; 8: Conclusions, Implications, Problems; II: Opiate Addiction as a Social Problem; 9: The Problem in the United States During the Nineteenth Century; 10: Federal Anti-Narcotics Legislation; 11: The Effects of World War II; 12: Needed Reforms; 13: Postscript–1968

List of contents

I: The Nature of the Opiate Habit; 1: Method and Problem; 2: The Effects of Opiates; 3: Habituation and Addiction; 4: The Nature of Addiction; 5: Processes in Addiction; 6: Cure and Relapse; 7: A Critique of Current Views of Addiction; 8: Conclusions, Implications, Problems; II: Opiate Addiction as a Social Problem; 9: The Problem in the United States During the Nineteenth Century; 10: Federal Anti-Narcotics Legislation; 11: The Effects of World War II; 12: Needed Reforms; 13: Postscript-1968

Product details

• Authors: Alfred R Lindesmith, Alfred R. Lindesmith, Lindesmith Alfred R.
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.05.2008
• EAN: 9780202362236
• ISBN: 978-0-202-36223-6
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Addiction, Addiction & therapy, Drug & substance abuse: social aspects, Addiction and therapy, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects