The Praeger International Collection on Addictions 4 volumes (Abnormal Psychology)

only The Very Rare Among Us Are Completely Unscathed By The Effects Of Addiction - Our Own, That Of A Family Member, Friend, Or Coworker. Even The Addictions Of Strangers - From The Drunk Driver Or Drug Addict, To Gambling, Food, Spending, Or Violence-addicted People - May Subject Us To Dangers, Threaten Our Well-being, And Drain Money From Our Pockets. Recent National Estimates In Just The Us Show That Substance Abuse And Addiction Alone Cost Taxpayers A Total Of Nearly $500 Billion A Year. In These Volumes, Experts From Around The World Present The Newest Issues, Research, And Insights Into Addictions Of All Kinds. Led By Angela Browne-miller, Director Of The Metaxis Compulsive And Habitual Behaviors Institute In California, This Team Of Contributors Includes Scholars And Practitioners From The United States, Canada, The United Kingdom, Sweden, Thailand, Africa, And Russia. Topics Range From Drug Addiction Among Male, Female, Teen, And Aging Populations, And Among White, Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American, And Other Groups, Using Liquor, Cocaine, Methamphetamine, Khat, And/or Other Lesser Known Drugs, To Behavioral Addictions Including Online Gaming, Excessive Buying, And Eating Disorders. Chapters Also Address Issues Including Addiction As A Public Health Problem And The Politics Of Drug Treatment Policies. treatment Methods For Addictions, From Electrotherapy To Holistic Approaches Are Addressed, As Are Spiritual, Psychological, And Cross-cultural Issues Involved. The Experts Behind These Chapters Include Those From The University Of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins School Of Medicine, And Purdue University, To Mcgill University, Nottingham Trent University, And The All India Institute Of Medical Sciences. in This Four-volume Set For Professionals And Lay Readers, Experts From Around The World Highlight The Latest Issues And Research Into Addictions Of All Kinds. The Set Emphasizes Multicultural And International Issues In Addiction, And Covers Common Topics, Such As Alcohol Abuse And Cocaine Addiction, As Well As Addiction To Caffeine, Pornography, And Shopping, Highlighting Biological, Psychological, Social, Spiritual, And Public Health Perspectives. Volume I Offers A Sampling Of The Depth And Breadth Of Addiction And Addiction Studies Today And In The Past. scitech Book News How to go to your page......Page 2 Volume 1......Page 5 Contents......Page 7 Series Foreword......Page 11 Preface......Page 13 Introduction to Volume 1: The Many Faces of Addiction......Page 19 PART I: PERSPECTIVES......Page 29 1 Addiction as a Public Health Issue......Page 31 2 Cross-Cultural Issues in Substance Addiction Research Including Black Americans and Latinos......Page 45 3 Race, Ethnicity, and Early U.S. Drug Policy......Page 65 4 Gender Inequalities and Inequities among Women with Substance Abuse Problems......Page 81 5 Ethical Theory and Addiction......Page 105 6 The Religious and Theological Roots of Alcoholics Anonymous......Page 123 7 Adolescent Drug Sellers and Distributors......Page 135 PART II: DIMENSIONS......Page 145 8 Historical Aspects of Alcohol Use in India: Role of Culture and Gender......Page 147 9 Alcohol and Drug Abuse in Malaysia......Page 169 10 Alcohol Use and Binge Drinking in Cyprus......Page 185 11 Alcohol Use and Abuse in Poland......Page 199 12 Alcohol Consumption and Binge Drinking in the United Kingdom......Page 211 13 Alcohol Use and Abuse in Germany......Page 221 14 From British India to the Taliban: Lessons from the History of the Heroin Market......Page 233 PART III: ASPECTS......Page 261 15 Youth Tobacco Use: The Health Effects, Trends in Smoking Rates, and Reasons Why Kids Use Tobacco......Page 263 16 Brewing Trouble: Some Employment Implications of Regular Malt Liquor Beer Consumption......Page 291 17 The Roads to H: The Emergence of the American Heroin Complex, 1898–1956......Page 315 18 Methadone: The Drug, the Treatment, the Controversy......Page 333 19 Prevalence of Use and Manufacture of Methamphetamine in the United States—Is the Sky Falling or Is It Not Really a Problem?......Page 343 20 Interaction between Methamphetamine Use and HIV Infection......Page 367 A......Page 387 C......Page 388 E......Page 389 H......Page 390 K......Page 391 M......Page 392 O......Page 393 R......Page 394 T......Page 395 W......Page 396 Z......Page 397 About the Editor and Contributors......Page 399 Volume 2......Page 411 Contents......Page 413 Series Foreword......Page 417 Preface......Page 419 Introduction to Volume 2: Where Psychology and Biology Meet......Page 425 PART I: ISSUES......Page 435 1 Addiction and Health Promotion......Page 437 2 Becoming a Problematic Consumer of Narcotics......Page 453 3 Adaptation and Addiction......Page 481 4 Co-Occurring Trauma and Substance Use Disorders with Criminal Offienders......Page 495 5 The Role of Allergies in Addictions and Mental Illness......Page 513 PART II: BODIES......Page 527 6 Caffieine: Pharmacology and Effects of the World’s Most Popular Drug......Page 529 7 Marijuana Withdrawal: A Survey of Symptoms......Page 545 8 Marijuana Interaction with Methamphetamine Addiction......Page 559 9 What Is Methamphetamine and How and Why Is It Used?......Page 575 10 The Short- and Long-Term Medical Effects of Methamphetamine on Children and Adults......Page 599 11 Vapors May Be Dangerous If Inhaled: An Overview of Inhalants and Their Abuse......Page 625 12 The Effects and Abuse Potential of GHB: A Pervasive “Club Drug”......Page 641 13 HIV and Addiction from an African Perspective: Making the Link......Page 659 14 Drug Abuse–Related HIV/AIDS Epidemic in India: Situation and Responses......Page 669 PART III: PSYCHOBIOLOGIES......Page 695 15 Alcohol Abuse: Impact on Vital Brain Functions and Societal Implications......Page 697 16 Addiction and Cognitive Control......Page 707 17 Schizophrenia and Substance Misuse......Page 721 18 Neural Basis for Methamphetamine Addiction—Rethinking the Definition of Dependence......Page 747 19 Neurobiological Mechanisms and Cognitive Components of Addiction......Page 765 20 Fetal, Neonatal, and Early Childhood Effects of Prenatal Methamphetamine Exposure......Page 785 21 Endocannabinoid Hypothesis of Drug Addiction......Page 805 22 Regulation of μ-Opioid Receptor Desensitization in Sensory Neurons......Page 817 A......Page 829 C......Page 830 E......Page 831 H......Page 832 M......Page 833 N......Page 834 P......Page 835 S......Page 836 W......Page 837 Z......Page 838 About the Editor and Contributors......Page 839 Volume 3......Page 853 Contents......Page 855 Series Foreword......Page 859 Preface......Page 861 Introduction to Volume 3: Characteristics and Treatment Perspectives......Page 867 PART I: PARADIGMS......Page 879 1 The Social Construction of Drug Policy and Its Impact on Substance Abuse Treatment Philosophies in the United States......Page 881 2 The Philosophy of Denial in Alcohol Studies: Implications for Research......Page 901 3 The Spirituality of Recovery and the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous......Page 931 4 Addictions and Free Will: A Structured Exploration of the Boundaries of Personal and Societal Responsibility......Page 949 5 Religiosity as Protective against Addictions in Adolescents......Page 971 6 Analysis of Intervention, Treatment, Policy, and Law That Contradict Ethical Criteria......Page 989 PART II: MODELS......Page 1005 7 Family Issues in the Field of Addiction Treatment......Page 1007 8 Codependence from a Family Systems Perspective......Page 1019 9 Best Practices for Dual Diagnosis Treatment and Program Development: Co-occurring Mental Illness and Substance Disorders in Various Combinations......Page 1039 10 Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation in the Treatment of Addictions......Page 1067 11 An Analysis of Service Providers’ Treatment Model Choices for Cocaine-Using Clients: A Case Study......Page 1079 12 Translating Efficacy to Effectiveness in Opioid Dependence Treatment......Page 1095 13 Shamanistic Harm-Reduction Practices......Page 1125 PART III: PRACTICES......Page 1145 14 Therapeutic Approaches, Beliefs, and Perceptions of Providers When Treating Alcohol- or Drug-Using Clients: Selecting Best Practices......Page 1147 15 Brief Telephone-Based Interventions for Clients with Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Problems......Page 1167 16 Screening and Brief Intervention for Alcoholics......Page 1183 17 Service Profiles: Provider Choices for Treatment of Alcohol- and Cocaine-Using Clients......Page 1201 18 An Innovative Approach to Prison-Based Substance Use Treatment: The Implementation of Inmate Peer Mentor Programs......Page 1227 19 Advances in Corrections-Based Treatment: Building the Addiction Treatment Workforce......Page 1237 20 Sacred Medicines for Harm Reduction and Substance Abuse Rehabilitation......Page 1255 21 Entheogen-Enhanced Transpersonal Psychotherapy of Addictions: Focus on Clinical Applications of Ketamine for Treating Alcoholism......Page 1281 A......Page 1297 C......Page 1298 F......Page 1300 I......Page 1301 M......Page 1302 P......Page 1303 S......Page 1305 U......Page 1307 X......Page 1308 About the Editor and Contributors......Page 1309 Volume 4......Page 1327 Contents......Page 1329 Series Foreword......Page 1333 Preface......Page 1335 Introduction to Volume 4: Behavioral Addictions from Concept to Compulsion......Page 1341 PART I: COMPULSIONS......Page 1351 1 Work Addiction: Causes, Consequences, and Choices......Page 1353 2 Addiction to Television: With Commentary on Dependence on Video Games and the Internet......Page 1377 3 Excessive Buying as a Genuine Addictive Behavior......Page 1403 4 Compulsive Buying Disorder......Page 1431 5 Association with Criminality of Habit and Impulse-Control Disorders......Page 1447 6 Troubled IPR Addiction: Habitual Attraction, Abuse, and Violence in Intimate Partner Relationships......Page 1473 PART II: EATING AS A SPECIAL ISSUE......Page 1513 7 Craving Pizza? This Is Your Brain on Drugs: Eating Disorders as Addiction......Page 1515 8 Eating Disorders and Disturbances: The Continuum of Eating Disturbances......Page 1533 PART III: PORNOGRAPHY, INTERNET, GAMING, AND GAMBLING......Page 1557 9 Addiction to Pornography: Its Psychological and Behavioral Implications......Page 1559 10 Assessment and Treatment of Internet Addiction......Page 1567 11 Gambling Addictions......Page 1585 12 Youth Gambling Problems: An International Perspective......Page 1609 13 Macau: China’s Entry into the World of Gambling......Page 1631 14 Native American Gambling: Economic Development or Dependence?......Page 1637 15 The Current Climate of Gambling in the United States......Page 1653 16 Online Gaming Addiction: Symptoms, Risk Factors, and Treatment......Page 1671 17 Youth Gambling Prevention and Resilience Education: A Harm Reduction Approach......Page 1689 A......Page 1701 C......Page 1702 D......Page 1703 E......Page 1704 H......Page 1705 J......Page 1706 N......Page 1707 P......Page 1708 R......Page 1709 S......Page 1710 V......Page 1711 Y......Page 1712 About the Editor and Contributors......Page 1713 Only the very rare among us are completely unscathed by the effects of addiction - our own, that of a family member, friend, or coworker. Even the addictions of strangers - from the drunk driver or drug addict, to gambling, food, spending, or violence-addicted people - may subject us to dangers, threaten our well-being, and drain money from our pockets. Recent national estimates in just the US show that substance abuse and addiction alone cost taxpayers a total of nearly $500 billion a year. In these volumes, experts from around the world present the newest issues, research, and insights into addictions of all kinds. Led by Angela Browne-Miller, Director of the Metaxis Compulsive and Habitual Behaviors Institute in California, this team of contributors includes scholars and practitioners from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Thailand, Africa, and Russia. Topics range from drug addiction among male, female, teen, and aging populations, and among White, Hispanic, Black, Asian, Native American, and other groups, using liquor, cocaine, methamphetamine, khat, and/or other lesser known drugs, to behavioral addictions including online gaming, excessive buying, and eating disorders. Chapters also address issues including addiction as a public health problem and the politics of drug treatment policies. Treatment methods for addictions, from electrotherapy to holistic approaches are addressed, as are spiritual, psychological, and cross-cultural issues involved. The experts behind these chapters include those from the University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Purdue University, to McGill University, Nottingham Trent University, and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.