Mind-Altering Drugs - Mitch Earleywine

Mind-Altering Drugs

Buch | Hardcover
412 Seiten
2005
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-516531-9 (ISBN)
37,40 inkl. MwSt
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Provides theories and techniques behind the investigations of intoxication and how subjective experiences relate to addictive potential, which should help people make educated decision about drug use. It helps researchers identify ways to assess a drug's subjective effects, and help clinicians understand their substance abusing clients.
At least one third of Americans have used an illicit drug at least once. Drugs attract considerable attention in science, legislation, and the media. Nevertheless, people develop their attitudes about drugs and drug users based on limited information, government policies form without a complete picture of the intoxication experience, and researchers often find themselves divided into camps based on the drug they study most often, limited their ability to benefit from important work done on other drugs. A thorough and accessible review of the subjective effects of drugs and the dominant theories behind these effects will help inform readers about the experience of intoxication and help researchers learn from studies in other disciplines. This book will provide a clear sense of the theories and techniques behind the investigations of intoxication and how subjective experiences relate to addictive potential, which should help people make educated decision about drug use, help researchers identify ideal ways to assess a drug's subjective effects, and help clinicians understand their substance abusing clients better by providing insight into the intoxication that they seek.

Mitch Earleywine is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Southern California, where he teaches drugs and human behavior, substance abuse treatment and clinical research methods. He has received 10 teaching commendations, including the coveted General Education Teaching Award. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1990. His research has been funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism as well as the Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation. He serves on the editorial boards of three psychology journals, reviews for over a dozen, and has more than fifty publications on drug use and abuse, including Understanding Marijuana (Oxford University Press 2002). He is also Resident Faculty in Parkside International Residential College. He has been quoted in The San Francisco Chronicle, Chicago Tribune, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Time, and The Nation. He has also appeared on National Public Radio's "Talk of the Nation" and "Weekend Editon".

Preface; 1. Behavioral Theories of Choice; 2. Psychedelic, Psychoactive and Addictive Drugs and States of Consciousness; 3. Hallucinogens; 4. Subjective Effects of Alcohol I; 5. Subjective Effects of Alcohol II; 6. Ethnicity and the Subjective Effects of Alcohol; 7. Sex and Drugs; 8. Subjective Effects of Opioids; 9. Cannabis; 10. Relationships Between Personality and Acute Subjective Responses to Stimulant Drugs; 11. Subjective Effects of Methylphenidate; 12. Subjective Effects of Nitrous Oxide (N2O); 13. Corporate Highs, Corporeal Lows; 14. The Subjective Response to Neurofeedback

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.5.2005
Zusatzinfo 6 charts, 6 tables
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
Geisteswissenschaften Psychologie Sucht / Drogen
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie / Pharmakotherapie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Suchtkrankheiten
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-19-516531-4 / 0195165314
ISBN-13 978-0-19-516531-9 / 9780195165319
Zustand Neuware
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