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Klappentext Providing a psychological perspective on the use and abuse of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs, the Second Edition includes more coverage on the theories of why alcohol and other drugs are used, as well as broad conceptual issues related to the nature of addiction. Research on smoking, caffeine, and simultaneous multiple drug use, including combinations with antidepressant drugs and nonmedical use of prescription drugs is also covered. Zusammenfassung Empowering readers to become educated consumers of research findings! the author uses research! concepts! and theories developed in the study of alcohol use as a point of reference when examining conceptions and evidence about less frequently studied drugs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments 1. Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs Focus and Goals of This Book History of Drugs in America Origins of Licit Drugs Origins of Illicit Drugs Some Central Questions Summary Stimulus/Response 2. Theories of Alcohol and Other Drug Use A "Layperson" Theory Psychological Theories Mediators, Moderators, and Direct Causes Theories of Smoking Theory of Caffeine Use Illicit Drug Theory Summary Stimulus/Response 3. Alcohol and Other Drugs: Use, Abuse, and Dependence Defining Use Methods Of Measuring Use Use, Abuse, and Dependence Major Conceptions of Alcohol Use Disorders Criteria of Abuse and Dependence Assessment of DSM-IV Disorders Summary Stimulus/Response 4. The Extent of Alcohol and Other Drug Use The Epidemiological Approach National Surveys of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Stability of Alcohol Use Patterns Abuse and Dependency Rates Comorbidity of Alcohol and Illicit Drugs Other Sources of Data The Ethnographic Approach Summary Stimulus/Response 5. Neurobiology of Alcohol and Other Drug Use What Happens After Drugs Are Taken? How Drugs Affect the Nervous System How Neurons Communicate How Alcohol and Other Drugs Affect Neurotransmission Changes in Neurophysiology With Prolonged Drug Use Neuroadaptational Models Physical Effects of Drugs A Safe Level of Alcohol Use? Summary Stimulus/Response 6. Heredity and Environment: Alcohol and Other Drug Use Molecular Genetics Indirect Evidence of Hereditary Influences on Alcoholism Direct Evidence of Hereditary Influences on Alcoholism Family Environment Influences Integrative Models of Heredity and Environment Summary Stimulus/Response 7. Basic Psychological Processes Methodological Issues Mood and Emotion Emotional Regulation and Drinking Sensory Motor Activity Cognition Structural Neuropsychological Explanations Process Neuropsychological Explanations Summary Stimulus/Response 8. Interpersonal Processes Aggression Moderators of the Alcohol-Aggression Relationship A Moderator Variable Model Sexual Activity Summary Stimulus/Response 9. Family Processes Alcohol and Marital Status Effects of Parental Alcohol Use Disorders on Children Alcoholic Family Interactions Adult Children of Alcoholics Codependency Summary Stimulus/Response 10. Age and Alcohol and Other Drugs Adolescents College Students Young Adults Older Populations Age, Cohort, and Period Effects Summary Stimulus/Response 11. Gender Differences In Alcohol and Other Drug Use Methodological and Conceptual Issues Gender and Prevalence of Alcohol Use Gender Correlates of Alcohol and Other Drug Use Gender and Alcoholism Treatment Theories of Gender Differences in Alcohol and Other Drug Use Smoking and Gender Gender and Other Drug Use Summary Stimulus/Response
