Oxford Handbook of Adolescent Substance Abuse, Hardcover by Zucker, Robert A....

by Sandra A. Brown

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Oxford Handbook of Adolescent Substance Abuse, Hardcover by Zucker, Robert A. (EDT); Brown, Sandra A. (EDT); Anderson, Kristen G., . (CON); Arria, Amelia M., . (CON); Botzet, Andria (CON), ISBN 0199735662, ISBN-13 9780199735662, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Adolescent substance abuse is the nation's #1 public health problem. It originates out of a developmental era where experimentation with the world is increasingly taking place, and where major changes in physical self and social relationships are taking place. These changes cannot be understood by any one discipline nor can they be described by focusing only on the behavioral and social problems of this age period, the characteristics of normal development, or the pharmacology and addictive potential of specific drugs. They require knowledge of the brain's systems of reward and control, genetics, psychopharmacology, personality, child development, psychopathology, family dynamics, peer group relationships, culture, social policy, and more. Drawing on the expertise of the leading researchers in this field, this Handbook provides the most comprehensive summarization of current knowledge about adolescent substance abuse. The Handbook is organized into eight sections covering the literature on the developmental context of this life period, the epidemiology of adolescent use and abuse, similarities and differences in use, addictive potential, and consequences of use for different drugs; etiology and course as characte

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Year: 2019
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9780199735662
• Condition: Fine

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