Revel Access Code for Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, Updated Edition / Edition 8

by Charles Levinthal

Overview

REVEL™ for Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society examines the impact of drug-taking behavior on our society and our daily lives. The use and abuse of a wide range of licit and illicit drugs are discussed from historical, biological, psychological, and sociological perspectives. REVEL for Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society offers a comprehensive review of psychoactive drugs, and is notable for the attention it gives to two aspects of drug-taking behavior that have been underreported in other texts: steroid abuse and inhalant abuse.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780134003108
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	08/26/2023
Edition description:	Updated
Pages:	480
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Dr. Charles F. Levinthal is Chair of the Department of Psychology and Professor of Psychology at Hofstra University, where he has taught and conducted research since 1971, having received his Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Michigan. He is author of fifteen books, including Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society, 78h ed. (2014), Drugs, Society, and Criminal Justice, 3rd ed. (2012), Point/Counterpoint: Opposing Perspectives on Issues of Drug Policy (2003), Introduction to Physiological Psychology, 3rd ed. (1990), and Messengers of Paradise: Opiates and the Brain (1988). Drugs, Behavior, and Modern Society has been published in Korean (2008), and Messengers of the Paradise: Opiates and the Brain has been published in Spanish (1989) and Japanese (1991). His present research interests include issues in substance abuse and dependence, clinical neuropsychology, and cognitive decision-making. Dr. Levinthal presented the Hofstra University Distinguished Faculty Lecture in 1987 and was voted by the graduating Class of 2003 as Distinguished Teacher of the Year. Dr. Levinthal was elected as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association in 2010.

Table of Contents

• PART I: DRUGS IN SOCIETY/DRUGS IN OUR LIVES
• 1. Drugs and Behavior Today
• 2. Drug-Taking Behavior: The Personal and Social Concerns
• 3. How Drugs Work in the Body and on the Mind
• PART II: LEGALLY RESTRICTED DRUGS IN OUR SOCIETY
• 4. The Major Stimulants: Cocaine and Amphetamines
• 5. Narcotics: Opium, Heroin, and Synthetic Opiates
• 6. LSD and Other Hallucinogens 7. Marijuana
• PART III: LEGAL DRUGS IN OUR SOCIETY
• 8. Alcohol: Social Beverage/Social Drug
• 9. Chronic Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
• 10. Nicotine and Tobacco Use
• 11. Caffeine
• PART IV: ENHANCERS AND DEPRESSANTS
• 12. Performance Enhancing Drugs and Drug Testing in Sports
• 13. Depressants and Inhalants
• PART V: MEDICINAL DRUGS
• 14. Prescription Drugs, Over-the-Counter Drugs, and Dietary Supplements
• 15. Drugs for Treating Schizophrenia and Mood Disorders
• PART VI: PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
• 16. Substance-Abuse Prevention
• 17. Substance-Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Change