Neuropsychology and Substance Use

State-of-the-Art and Future Directions

Ari Kalechstein, Wilfred G. Van Gorp (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

504 Seiten

2007
Psychology Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84169-457-3 (ISBN)

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explores cutting-edge issues, such as considering the issue of medical marijuana from a neuropsychological perspective, understanding how living in various environments can affect brain structure and function, and conceptualizing the issue of drug use using emergent theories, such as behavioral economics.

Substance use continues to be a major public health problem, and the ramifications of this are manifold. For instance, at present, on a yearly basis, the total economic cost of substance misuse is literally hundreds of billions of dollars. These costs are related to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, treatment and prevention, reduced job productivity and/or absenteeism, interdiction by the criminal justice, and incarceration.

There are many more psychosocial consequences of substance misuse, and these have been well–documented over the past four to five decades; in contrast, with the exception of alcohol, the effects of substance misuse on the brain have received attention only in the past 10 to 15 years. An emerging body of literature has reported on the effects of various drugs on neuropsychological functioning, including benzodiazepines, cocaine, marijuana, MDMA, methamphetamine, nicotine, and opioids. Despite the fact that the neuropsychological consequences of many drugs of abuse are well–documented, to our knowledge, no one had previously published an edited volume that focused exclusively on this issue. Based on this fact, we decided to create a volume that would review the available literature regarding on this topic.

Neuropsychology and Substance Misuse: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions explores cutting-edge issues, and will be of interest to clinical neuropsychologists who require the latest findings in this increasingly important area of neuropsychology.

Ari Kalechstein, Wilfred G. van Gorp

Kalechstein, van Gorp, Introduction. Maxwell, Finnerty, Rawson, Substance Abuse Epidemiology in the United States: A Review of the Indicator Data. Part 1. Popular Drugs of Use. Oscar-Berman, Marinkovic, Alcohol. Crowe, Barker, Benzodiazepine. Bolla, Cadet, Cocaine. Gonzalez, Martin, Grant, Marijuana. Kalechstein, Fantegrossi, Cowan, MDMA. Kalechstein Newton, Methamphetamine. Belanger, Simmons, Schinka, Nicotine. Mintzer, Johnson, Opioid. Part 2. Populations of Interest. Harwood, Sultzer, Substance Use and Neuropsychological Disorders in Aging. Basso, Bornstein, Ward, Neurobehavioral Consequences of Substance Abuse and HIV Infection. Tervo, The Neurocognitive Consequences of Substance Use in Schizophrenia: Are There Additive Effects? Part 3. Future Directions. Monterosso, Kalechstein, Cordova, If Only the Hangover Preceded Intoxication: An Integration of Behavioral Economic and Neuropsychological Approaches to Impulsive Choice. Uslaner, Crombag, Robinson, The Influence of Environmental Context on the Effects of Drugs of Abuse.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	17.5.2007
Reihe/Serie	Studies on Neuropsychology, Neurology and Cognition
Zusatzinfo	8 Tables, black and white; 18 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 19 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	Hove
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	1090 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-84169-457-6 / 1841694576
ISBN-13	978-1-84169-457-3 / 9781841694573
Zustand	Neuware