Prevalence and characteristics of North American child and adolescent use of the drugs and substances of abuse
Subtitle: pharmacological, developmental, and clinical considerations
By: Louis A. Pagliaro and Ann Marie Pagliaro
Contributors: Pagliaro, Ann M.
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780470639061
Subjects: Pharmaceutical Preparations; Adolescent; Substance-Related Disorders; Substance abuse; Substance use; Child; Children; Adolescence
Description: "An insightful and comprehensive guide covering the nature of drug and substance use and abuse by children and adolescents".
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The psychodepressants; title: The psychostimulants; title: The psychodelics; title: Explaining child and adolescent use of the drugs and substances of abuse; title: Explaining child and adolescent use of the drugs and substances of abuse; title: Exposure to the drugs and substances of abuse from conception; title: Effects of the drugs and substances of abuse on learning and memory during childhood and adolescence through childhood; title: Detecting adolescent use of the drugs and substances of abuse : selected quick-screen psychometric tests; title: Dual diagnosis among adolescents; title: Preventing and treating child and adolescent use of drugs and substances of abuse.