Book Description:
Substance dependence, or addiction, is a relapsing disorder characterized by the loss of control of drug or alcohol intake, or a compulsion to take the substance, associated with the appearance of a withdrawal syndrome after a discontinuation of its long-term use. This book presents and discusses research in the study of substance abuse, including drug abuse and education; binge drinking; the treatment of heroine and cocaine abuse; women and addictions; anabolic steroid abuse and alcoholism and pregnancy. (Imprint: Nova Press)

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Table of Contents:
Preface

Drug Abuse, pp. 1-26
(Manoel Jorge Nobre and Vanessa Moreno Castilho)

Drug Abuse, Education and Eradication, pp. 27-41
(Eduardo Montesinos and Angelica Calderon)

Sexual Effects and Drugs of Abuse: Possible Links Through Learning, pp. 43-59 (Chana K. Akinsa and Neil Levens)

Binge Drinking: A Commentary, pp. 61-76
(Jan Gill, Julie Murdoch and Fiona O’May)

Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Community Substance Abuse Treatment Settings, pp. 77-96
(Roger H. Peters, W. Michael Hunt, Kathleen A. Moore, Holly A. Hills and M. Scott Young)

Current Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Heroin Addiction, pp. 97-116
(Robert J. Craig)

Dependence on and Treatment for Street Drugs Among Manhattan Arrestees, pp. 117-133
(Bruce D. Johnson and Andrew Golub)

The Treatment of Cocaine Abuse: Problems and Perspectives, pp. 135-168
(Antonio Preti)

Incorporation of Regularised Urin-Based HIV Testing in Methadone Treatment Programme for Enhancing the Effectiveness of HIV Prevention in Drug Users, pp. 169-187
(S.S. Lee, K.C.K. Lee, W.Y. Wan and K.H. Wong)

The Application of a Mathematical Model for the Assessment of the Memorization Curve in Drug Addicts and Alcoholics, pp. 189-211
(Charles I. Abramson and Igor I. Stepanov)

Women and Addictions: Body Weight and Shape Concerns as Barriers to Recovery from Substance use Disorders: Let's Address These Issues in Treatment and Recovery Now!, pp. 213-226
(Christine M. Courbasson and Irina Schelkanova)

Addressing Trauma Among Women with Serious Addictive Disorders: Treatment Models, Program Factors and Potential Mediators, pp. 227-243
(Douglas L. Polcin, Madhabika B. Nayak and Susan Blacksher)

Anabolic Steroid Abuse: Federal Efforts to Prevent and Reduce Anabolic Steroid Abuse Among Teenagers, pp. 245-262
(Laurie Ekstrand)

Quality Assessment of Herbal Medicine with Chromatographic Fingerprint, pp. 263-307
(Fan Gonga, Qing Zhangc and Jing Zhang)

Heroin Addiction in Pregnancy: Ongoing Demands and Actual Therapy Modalities, pp. 309-338
(Maki Kashiwagi, Urs Zimmermann-Baer, Margaret Huesler and André Seidenberg)

Alcoholism and Pregnancy, pp. 339-353
(Jorge Eduardo Montesinos Balboa and Angélica Calderón Alvarez)

Index