Handbook of Drug Abuse Prevention
Subtitle: Theory, Science, and Practice (Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research)
Contributors: Zili Sloboda (Editor); William J. Bukoski (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer; Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Published: January 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 698
ISBN-13: 9780306473425
Subjects: Drug addiction & substance abuse; Social Science; Self-Help; Sociology; Administration; Psychopathology - Addiction; Substance Abuse & Addictions - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; Sociology - General; Drug Abuse; Prevention; Research; United States
First sentence: Over the past 15 years, prevention science has emerged as a formal biopsychosocial discipline focused upon knowledge development and the application of research findings to the improvement of practice (NIH, 1998).