Handbook of Child and Adolescent Drug and Substance Abuse: Pharmacological, Developmental, and Clinical Considerations

Editor/Author Pagliaro, Louis A. and Pagliaro, Ann Marie
Publication Year: 2012
Publisher: Wiley

Single-User Purchase Price: $74.00
Unlimited-User Purchase Price: $111.00
ISBN: 978-0-47-063906-1
Category: Health & Medicine - Pharmaceutical Science
Image Count: 35
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

Award winning title covering the nature, extent and developmental issues associated with substance abuse.

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Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • I | EXTENT OF USE AND PHARMACOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • 1 | THE PSYCHODEPRESSANTS
  • 2 | THE PSYCHOSTIMULANTS
  • 3 | THE PSYCHODELICS
  • II | DEVELOPMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • 4 | EXPLAINING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT USE OF THE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE
  • 5 | EXPOSURE TO THE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE FROM CONCEPTION THROUGH CHILDHOOD
  • 6 | EFFECTS OF THE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE ON LEARNING AND MEMORY DURING CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
  • III | CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS
  • 7 | DETECTING ADOLESCENT USE OF THE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE: SELECTED QUICK-SCREEN PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS
  • 8 | DUAL DIAGNOSIS AMONG ADOLESCENTS
  • 9 | PREVENTING AND TREATING CHILD AND ADOLESCENT USE OF THE DRUGS AND SUBSTANCES OF ABUSE
  • Appendix: Abbreviations Used in the Text
  • References
  • About the Authors