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Drug Abuse Treatment: The Implementation of Innovative Approaches

Book by Bennett W. Fletcher, James A. Inciardi, Arthur M. Horton; Greenwood Press, 1994

Subjects:

Drug Abuse--Treatment--Research--United States, Drug Abuse--Treatment--United States--Case Studies

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...92 - 111 . National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Monograph no. 127. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse, DHHS no. ADM 92-1946. Bokos...Innovative approaches in the treatment of drug abuse: program models and strategies...
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The Social Psychology of Drug Abuse

Book by Steve Sussman, Susan L. Ames; Open University Press, 2001

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Drug Abuse, Drug Abuse--Prevention

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

...behaviours. It is difficult to separate drug abuse behaviour from the ism (that is alcoholism or drug abuse-ism). Of course, if the problem...assessment of underlying factors of drug abuse. This may be more of a problem when...
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Treating Teenage Drug Abuse in a Day Care Setting

Book by William Feigelman; Praeger, 1990

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Drug Abuse--Treatment--New York (State)--Manhasset--Case Studies, Manhasset Community Day Center, Narcotic Addicts--Rehabilitation--New York (State)--Manhasset--Case Studies, Teenagers--Drug Use--New York (State)--Nassau County--Case Studies

Collections: Education, Psychology, Entire Library

...and A. S. Friedman eds. , Youth Drug Abuse: Problems, Issues and Treatment...Simpson. 1974. Effectiveness of Drug Abuse Treatments, Vol. 1, Evaluation...Treatment Outcomes for Youths in the Drug Abuse Reporting Program DARP : A Followup...
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Innovative Approaches in the Treatment of Drug Abuse: Program Models and Strategies

Book by James A. Inciardi, Frank M. Tims, Bennett W. Fletcher; Greenwood Press, 1993

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Drug Abuse--Treatment--United States

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

13 Drug Abuse Day Treatment Using the Therapeutic Community...Alfonso Acampora , and David Werdegar Drug abuse in the 1990s is epidemic, with as many as 5.5 million Americans in need of drug abuse treatment Institute of Medicine, 1990...
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Workplace Drug Abuse and AIDS: A Guide to Human Resource Management Policy and Practice

Book by Donald Klingner, Nancy G. O'Neill; Quorum Books, 1991

Subjects:

Aids (Disease)--United States--Diagnosis, Drug Testing--United States, Drugs And Employment--United States, Employee Assistance Programs--United States

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NOTES 1. National Institute on Drug Abuse. 1988 . National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, 1985 . U.S...Public Health Service, Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration...

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Journal Articles on: "drug abuse"

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Efficacy of Family Therapy for Drug Abuse: Promising but Not Definitive

Journal article by Howard A. Liddle, Gayle A. Dakof; Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, Vol. 21, 1995

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Adults, Drug abuse, Family counseling, Psychology, Teenagers

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Efficacy of Family Therapy for Drug Abuse: Promising but Not Definitive by...Gayle A. Dakof By all accounts, drug abuse continues to be an enormous public...Lifetime incidence of alcohol and drug abuse is nearly 20% (Helzer Pryzbeck...
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Drug Abuse Risks for Acculturating Immigrant Adolescents: Case Study of Asian Indians in the United States

Journal article by Gauri Bhattacharya; Health and Social Work, Vol. 27, 2002

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Acculturation--Influence, Drug abuse--Risk factors, Immigrants--Psychology and mental health, Indians in the United States--Psychology and mental health, Social learning--Evaluation, Teenagers--Psychology and mental health

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Drug abuse risks for acculturating immigrant adolescents...conflicts precipitated delinquent behavior and drug abuse on the part of the younger generation...the acculturation process. Prevalence of Drug Abuse among U.S.-Born Asian Indian Adolescents...
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Differential Susceptibility to Comorbid Drug Abuse and Violence

Journal article by Diana H. Fishbein; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 28, 1998

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Causality, Drug abuse, Violence

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...Differential Susceptibility to Comorbid Drug Abuse and Violence by Diana H. Fishbein...current findings in the fields of drug abuse, criminology and the bio-behavioral...explain individual vulnerability to drug abuse and violence. The vast array of...
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Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse among Women

Journal article by Barbara W. Lex; Alcohol Health and Research World, Vol. 18, 1994

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Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Research, Substance abuse treatment, Women

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Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse among Women by Barbara W. Lex The...alcoholism," "drug use," and "drug abuse" may differ from study to study...THE SCOPE OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG ABUSE In general, men consume more alcohol...
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Extramural Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse: Funding, Interests, and Public Policy

Journal article by James M. Rogers; Journal of Drug Issues, Vol. 30, 2000

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Drug abuse, Funding, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Public policy, Research

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...Research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse: Funding, Interests, and Public...James M. Rogers For several decades drug abuse control policy has been stalled in...disappointing results. When the drug abuse issue burst onto the policy agenda...

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Magazine Articles on: "drug abuse"

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International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, May 1987

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Drug abuse--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc., Drug dealing--International aspects, International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking--1987, Narcotic laws--International aspects, Narcotics, Control of--History, Narcotics--Varieties, United Nations. General Assembly--Resolutions

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International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking THE images of drug abuse are varied, contradictory, idyllic...citizen--over the epidemic nature of drug abuse and the insidious social and financial...
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Are Incentives for Drug Abuse Treatment Too Strong

Magazine article by Mark Simpson; Corrections Today, Vol. 64, August 2002

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Correctional institutions--Management, Drug abuse counseling--Technique, Incentive (Psychology)--Analysis, Prisoners--Drug use

Collections: Psychology, Entire Library

Are incentives for drug abuse treatment too strong by Mark Simpson...treatment occasionally question if drug abuse incentives are even necessary. Some...offenders continued criminal activity and drug abuse. This returns us to the question...
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Identifying the Proper Drug-Abuse Treatment for Offenders

Magazine article by Mark T. Simpson; Corrections Today, Vol. 70, December 2008

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Crime prevention--Laws, regulations and rules, Drug abuse--Laws, regulations and rules, Substance abuse treatment--Methods, Substance abuse--Care and treatment, Substance abuse--Methods

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Identifying the Proper Drug-Abuse Treatment for Offenders. by Mark...justice system, with respect to drug abuse treatment, has come a long way...facilities were providing some level of drug abuse treatment. By 2003, nearly three...
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International Drug Conference Calls for 'Vigorous Action' against Drug Abuse, Illicit Trafficking

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, August 1987

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Drug abuse--Prevention, International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking--Management, Narcotics, Control of, Narcotics, Control of--International aspects, United Nations--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

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...calls for vigorous action against drug abuse, illicit trafficking. International...calls for "vigorous action against drug abuse, illicit trafficking THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, held in...
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Assembly Adopts Three Texts on Issues to Combat Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 24, February 1987

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Drug abuse--Prevention, Narcotics, Control of--International aspects, United Nations. General Assembly--Conferences, meetings, seminars, etc.

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...adopts three texts on issues to combat drug abuse and illicit trafficking The General...level International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, scheduled...will "to combat the threat posed by drug abuse and illicit trafficking". The Commission...

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Newspaper Articles on: "drug abuse"

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QC Targets Rogue Enforcers as Anti-Drug Abuse Week Begins

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, November 13, 2006

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Drug abuse

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Targets Rogue Enforcers as Anti-Drug Abuse Week Begins. Byline: SEL A. BAYSA...over the country in celebrating the Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Week. The...chairman of the Quezon City Anti-Drug Abuse Advisory Council (QCADAAC), sought...
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Prescription Drug Abuse Increasing on Campuses

Newspaper article; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), December 12, 2011

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Adderall XR (Medication), Drug abuse--Drug therapy, Drugs--Prescribing, Prescriptions (Drugs), Universities and colleges

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Prescription Drug Abuse Increasing on Campuses. Byline: Lindsay...attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Drug abuse on college campuses isnt limited to binge...the White House is calling prescription drug abuse the nations fastest-growing drug problem...
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Curbing Drug Abuse; Legislation Closes Internet Loopholes

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 16, 2007

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Drugs and youth, Drugs--Prescribing, Internet, Juvenile drug abuse, Prescriptions (Drugs)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Curbing Drug Abuse; Legislation Closes Internet Loopholes. Byline: John...corner drug dealer for many of our youth. Prescription drug abuse is the nations second-largest drug abuse problem behind marijuana and is the sole category in which...
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Research Grant to Create National Center for Drug Abuse Prevention

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), November 10, 2008

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Child welfare, Drug abuse--Prevention, Grants-in-aid, Research funding, Research grants

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Grant to Create National Center for Drug Abuse Prevention. Byline: Anne Williams...grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, will establish a national Center for Drug Abuse Prevention in the child welfare system...
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Drug Abuse Investigated in Jackson Death; Family Seeks Answers

Newspaper article; The Washington Times (Washington, DC), June 28, 2009

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ABC News Inc.--Investigations, Drug abuse--Investigations, Television broadcasting industry--Investigations

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Drug Abuse Investigated in Jackson Death; Family...formal intervention for his prescription drug abuse while he was living in Las Vegas in 2006...prescient in the wake of what may be a similar drug abuse. Writing in the Los Angeles Times, longtime...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: "drug abuse"

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Drug Addiction and Drug Abuse

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

DRUG ADDICTION AND DRUG ABUSE chronic or habitual use of any chemical...user is abstinent. Definitions of drug abuse and addiction are subjective and...addictive, is not generally considered drug abuse. Even narcotics addiction is seen...
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Barbiturate

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...psychologically and physically addictive (see drug addiction and drug abuse ). Barbiturate addicts must be withdrawn from the drug...barbiturates were brought under federal control by the 1965 Drug Abuse and Control Act, and they are legally available only...
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Morphine

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Given intravenously, it is still considered the most effective drug for the relief of pain. See also drug addiction and drug abuse . Effects and Uses Morphine, a narcotic , acts directly on the central nervous system. Besides relieving pain, it...
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Addiction

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ADDICTION see drug addiction and drug abuse . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Heroin

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...because it provides more potency for less bulk than morphine and is thus easier to smuggle. See also drug addiction and drug abuse . Effects and Addiction Heroin is a central nervous system depressant that relieves pain and induces sleep. It produces...

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