This book covers those areas of pharmacology that are of importance and interest to the psychotherapist. The 1st chapter introduces the various types of drugs. The 2nd chapter presents an overview of pharmacology and its principles. The 3rd chapter reviews aspects of the human body of importance to understanding the workings of psychotropic drugs.…

Drug abuse among white ethnic adolescents is described in this report. Focusing on the framework of economic and social factors that affect the inner-city white adolescent, the report attempts to integrate this information with available mental health studies related to drug taking behaviors. The results from the National Polydrug Study which…

This report presents the most current information available relating to drugs and crime published by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) in 25 different reports. These topics are discussed: (1) drug use by criminal offenders at the time of offense, noting that a third of state prisoners, a quarter of convicted jail inmates, and two-fifths of…

A two-part report presents the results of the 16th national survey of American high school seniors, and the 11th national survey of American college students. This volume contains the results from high school seniors. Chapter 1 explains the purposes and rationale for the research, and content areas covered in the report. Chapter 2 presents an…

This statistical report examines findings on 15 indicators of children's well-being in Alaska: (1) percent of births with low birth weight; (2) infant mortality rate; (3) child poverty rate; (4) children in single parent families; (5) births to teenagers age 15 to 17; (6) teen (age 16 to 19) high school dropout rate; (7) teens not in school and…