Alcohol, Other Drugs, and Behavior
Psychological Research Perspectives
- John Jung - California State University, Long Beach, USA
Providing a psychological perspective on the use and abuse of alcohol and other psychoactive drugs, this Second Edition includes more coverage of the theories of alcohol and other drug use and abuse, as well as broad conceptual issues related to the nature of addiction and recent developments in research methods.
Key Features
- Focuses on alcohol, which is used more widely than any other drug, and the one that is associated with the most societal harm
- Evaluates important studies on major issues, concepts, and theories rather than providing exhaustive literature reviews
- Teaches students to become educated consumers of research findings, rather than passive or uncritical recipients
Ancillaries
- A Student Study Site at www.sagepub.com/jungstudy with chapter summaries, multiple-choice quizzes, flashcards for glossary items, an annotated list of relevant Web sites, informational QuickTime movies, and SAGE journal articles.
- A password protected Instructor's Resource Site at www.sagepub.com/jung2einstr includes PowerPoint slides and test questions.
Intended Audience
This text is appropriate for upper-level undergraduate courses in Drugs and Behavior, Psychology of Addiction, and Drug Abuse Counseling. It can also be used in graduate-levelcourses in Drugs and Behavior and Addiction courses taught in health science, social work, criminal justice, and nursing.
Supplements
The student study site includes chapter summaries, quizzes, journal articles, web resources, chapter videos, and e-flashcards.
The instructor's resource site includes a PowerPoint slide and test questions.
This is a great book for undergraduate students. It gives an insight into the major issues,concepts, theories and treatments of drug use.
Ideal for my undergraduate students studying a module on 'substance misuse and crime' as part of a wider criminal justice based degree programme. But would be equally useful as a primary text in similar related disciplines. The author has provided the opportunity for readers to explore a wide range of issues concerned with the subject matter with particularly good research-based evidence surrounding prevalance, prevention and treatment. Jung provides sound analysis and criticallity and encourages the reader to consider alternative explanations and create balanced judgements towards the presented evidence.
John Jung has written a good, clear and basic review of the pragmatics of substance use. However I would have enjoyed a greater emphasis on dual diagnosis, and the other, wider psychological complexities that dog our understanding of how these difficulties continue to confound efforts at treatment, recovery and care.
This will be an interesting supplementary text for my students especially those who wish to compare psychological and sociological responses to drugs and alcohol
The book is current, comprehensive, and relevant. My students and I all enjoyed the book.
Really useful, no other books we have cover this topic so this is really welcome.
This book is an excellent source for students of nursing, social work and health & social care.
It is well written and easy to follow with a clear and concise summary at the end of every chapter.
I am no longer delivering the Youth at Risk module but it is a book I may consider using it as a supplemental book in an new module I am delivering. this new module is called Social Personal and Health Education. Once I have experienced the module once I may deem certain chapters relelvant to my students. I intend to order some book for the college library. This book would be relelvant for a number of other modules therefore have copies in the library will be useful.
Sample Materials & Chapters
Chapter 1 - Psychology of Alcohol and Other Drugs
Chapter 10 - Age and Alcohol and Other Drug Use
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