Methamphetamine Use
Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 29. October 2008
408 pages
978-1-4200-0699-5 (ISBN)
Description
Updated and expanded to reflect changes in recent years, this second edition covers virtually every aspect of this dangerous drug, including history, pharmacology, pathology, physiology, treatment, clinical and forensic psychology, and legal aspects. This edition features new chapters on criminal- and civil-forensic applications including an in-depth discussion of recent laws. Pointing out important cases, articles, and statistics, the text also presents chapters on neuropsychological testing; normative data on risk analysis and violence prediction; the physiology of tweaking, the most dangerous stage of the meth cycle; and the efficacy of treatment programs including examples from newly established drug courts.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Baton Rouge
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Forensic psychologists and psychiatrists, addiction specialists, clinical psychologists, attorneys, drug enforcement professionals.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
2 page color insert, 6 s/w Abbildungen, 2 farbige Abbildungen, 17 s/w Tabellen
6 b/w images, 2 color images and 17 tables
File size
3,00 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-4200-0699-5 (9781420006995)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Sandra B. McPherson | Harold V. Hall | Errol Yudko
Methamphetamine Use
Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition
Book
10/2008
2nd Edition
CRC Press
€253.78
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Persons
Sandra B. McPherson, Harold V. Hall, Errol Yudko
Content
Background and Scope. Biology, Behavior, and Law. Forensics. Treatment. Epilogue: Methamphetamine as Forensic Challenge. Glossary. Appendix. Index.
