Loosening the Grip: A Handbook of Alcohol Information, 8/e
Jean Kinney,
Dartmouth Medical School
ISBN: 0072972750 Copyright year: 2006
Feature Summary
Provides in-depth coverage of alcohol in colleges and universities, including information on the natural history of alcohol problems in college students and more information on college athletes, and protective factors in college environments.
Chapter on drugs other than alcohol (Chapter 13) surveys the major drug classes and their acute and chronic effects, as well as examining use patterns and social costs, providing an overview of treatment and screening for other drug use.
Highlights various treatment approaches, including treatment and the Internet, treatment matching, screening tests for adolescents, AA, self-help, group therapy and other non-12-step treatment programs.
Offers a highly approachable and readable style, with broad coverage in terms of age groups, social institutions, and counseling options.
Synthesizes relevant information from medicine, psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, sociology, and counseling that applies to alcohol use and alcoholism treatment.
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2006 McGraw-Hill Higher Education