Substance Abuse and Emotion

✍ Scribed by Jon D. Kassel (editor)

• Publisher: American Psychological Association
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 308
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The devastating psychological, physical, and spiritual damage wrought by the misuse of drugs is indisputable. However, there is a recurring debate over the causes of substance abuse that typically divides along two common assumptions: people either abuse drugs and alcohol out of sheer pleasure-seeking drives that run amok, or to escape or assuage aversive states of co-morbid anxiety or depression. Substance Abuse and Emotion goes beyond this dichotomy in its exploration of recent, significant field observations, theory construction and rigorous testing, and laboratory research to advance working models for a new research paradigm on substance abuse and co-morbidity.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents
Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Complex Interplay Between Substance Abuse and Emotion
Part I
Theoretical Perspectives
Chapter 1
Negative Reinforcement: Possible Clinical Implications of an Integrative Model
Chapter 2
Positive Reinforcement Theories of Drug Use
Chapter 3
Cognitive Theories of Drug Effects on Emotion
Chapter 4
Drug Craving and Affect
Chapter 5
Developmental Perspectives: Affect and Adolescent Substance Use
Chapter 6 Evolutionary Substrates of Addiction: The Neurochemistries of Pleasure Seeking and Social Bonding in the Mammalian Brain
Part II
Advances in Assessment, Methodology, and Treatment
Chapter 7
Emotions and Relapse in Substance Use: Evidence for a Complex Interaction Among Psychological, Social, and Biological Processes
Chapter 8 The Complexities of Modeling Mood–Drinking Relationships: Lessons Learned from Daily Process Research
Chapter 9 Ecological Momentary Assessment of Mood–Smoking Relationships in Adolescent Smokers
Chapter 10 Cerebral Deficits Associated With Impaired Cognition and Regulation of Emotion in Methamphetamine Abuse
Chapter 11
Addiction and Emotion: Theories, Assessment Techniques, and Treatment Implications
Afterword: New Frontiers in Substance Abuse and Emotion
Index
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