NCJ Number
180547
Date Published
1995
Length
1071 pages
Annotation
These three volumes on the theory, research, and treatment of heroin addiction provide an overview of the history, nature, and treatment of heroin addiction; the addict, the treatment process, and social control; and treatment advances and AIDS.
Abstract
The first volume contains three chapters on the historicolegal context of heroin addiction in the United States, three chapters on the physiology and pharmacology of heroin addiction, four chapters on explanations of heroin addiction, and two chapters on the treatment of the heroin addict. An appendix profiles scales used specifically in the assessment and study of drug addiction. Part I of volume II provides an overview of the continuing problem of heroin addiction, and Part II contains two chapters on advances in conceptualizing and understanding the treatment process. The two chapters of Part III focus on advances in understanding the heroin addict, and Part IV contains two chapters on control approaches to heroin addiction. Part V presents conclusions and recommendations pertinent to public policy issues, treatment effectiveness, and research. An appendix addresses major national studies of drug abuse treatment effectiveness. In Volume 3, two chapters address advances in the nonpharmacological treatment of heroin addiction, followed by three chapters on advances in pharmacological treatment approaches to heroin addiction. Two chapters focus on the relationship between heroin addiction and AIDS. Conclusions and recommendations deal with public policy issues, treatment effectiveness, and research. Bibliographies and author and subject indexes accompany the volumes.