Stages and Pathways of Drug Involvement

Stages and Pathways of Drug Involvement
Author: Denise Bystryn Kandel
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2002-03-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9780521789691

(Publisher-supplied data) This book represents the first systematic discussion of the Gateway Hypothesis, a developmental hypothesis formulated to model how adolescents initiate and progress in the use of various drugs. In the United States, this progression proceeds from the use of tobacco or alcohol to the use of marijuana and other illicit drugs. This volume presents a critical overview of what is currently known about the Gateway Hypothesis. The authors of the chapters explore the hypothesis from various perspectives ranging from developmental social psychology to prevention and intervention science, animal models, neurobiology and analytical methodology. This volume is original and unique in its purview, covering a broad view of the Gateway Hypothesis. The juxtaposition of epidemiological, intervention, animal and neurobiological studies represents a new stage in the evolution of drug research, in which epidemiology and biology inform one another in the understanding of drug abuse.

Pathways from Heroin Addiction

Pathways from Heroin Addiction
Author: Patrick Biernacki
Publisher:
Total Pages: 245
Release: 1986
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780877224105

Examines the social and psychological processes that enabled 100 drug users to "naturally recover" from heroin addiction without professional help

Adolescence

Adolescence
Author: Alice Schlegel
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1991
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

Offers an anaylsis of adolescence as a socially demarcated stage of life, drawing on data from 186 societies outside of the industrial West.

Diseasing of America

Diseasing of America
Author: Stanton Peele
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1995
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

A courageous indictment of the destructive belief that all deviant behavior is a disease, this book offers alternatives to those suffering from additions, and to the professionals seeking to help them. In this plainspoken critique of America's whole approach to addiction, Peele attacks the "addiction as disease" model promoted by AA and NA drug treatment centers.

Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use

Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use
Author: Harald Klingemann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2001-05-31
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780792367710

For many years, what has been known about recovery from addictive behaviors has come solely from treatment studies. Only recently has the study of recoveries in the absence of formal treatment or self-help groups provided an alternative source of information. This book on the process of self-change from addictive behaviors is the first of its kind, as it presents more than research findings. Rather, it presents the process of self-change from several different perspectives - environmental, cross-cultural, prevention and interventions at both societal and individual level. It provides strategies for how health care practitioners and government policy makers alike can aid and foster self-change. Directions for future research priorities are also presented.

Mars

Mars
Author: Fritz Zorn
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Total Pages: 264
Release: 1982
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

No Borders, No Limits

No Borders, No Limits
Author: Mark Schilling
Publisher: Cinema Classics (Paperback)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9781903254431

Volume 2 of the new Cinema Classics Collection from FAB Press! Drawing inspiration from Hollywood and the French New Wave, Nikkatsu Action pictures blended East and West, movie-fuelled fantasies and gritty realities of life in postwar Japan. No Borders No Limit includes a history of the studio, profiles of stars and directors, film reviews and career interviews with top figures including Joe Shishido, Toshio Masuda and Seijun Suzuki. It is the first ever book in English devoted entirely to this hugely influential film genre, and it is packed with colour illustrations.

I Wake Up Screening

I Wake Up Screening
Author: John Anderson
Publisher: Billboard Books
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2006
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780823088980

A compilation of essays, commentary, insights, and practical information from sixty leading Hollywood insiders furnishes helpful advice for independent filmmakers, with contributions by Christine Vachom, Geoff Gilmore, Bill Condon, Roger Ebert, Richard Pena, and other filmmakers, directors, critics, and producers. Original.