Following an interdisciplinary approach, this title covers the drug issues. It emphasizes the idea that a drug's effects depend not only on its properties, but also on the biological and psychological characteristics of its user. It features discussions of the individual classes of drugs, and chapte[...]

A widely adopted practitioner resource and course text, this book shows how to apply knowledge about behavior change in general - and the stages-of-change model in particular - to make substance abuse treatment more effective. The authors are leaders in the field who describe ways to tailor interven[...]