Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior with PowerWeb [Paperback]

Charles J. Ksir (Author), Carl L Hart (Author), Oakley S Ray (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0073138924 | ISBN-13: 978-0073138923 | Publication Date: July 26, 2005 | Edition: 11

Designed for the introduction to drugs and substance abuse course as taught in departments of health education, psychology, biology, sociology, and criminal justice, this full-color market-leading text provides the latest information on drugs and their effects on society and human behavior. For over thirty years, instructors and students have relied on it to examine drugs and behavior from the behavioral, pharmacological, historical, social, legal, and clinical perspectives.

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About the Author

Charles Ksir received his bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin, and his Ph.D. from Indiana University in Bloomington. Following his postdoctoral training in Neurobiology at the Worcester Foundation in Massachusetts, he began a 34-year career in teaching and research at the University of Wyoming, where he also served in a variety of administrative positions. Now a professor emeritus, he focuses his efforts on teaching and textbook writing. He has taught the psychology course Drugs and Behavior to over three thousand students since 1972, and has received several teaching awards.

Dr. Hart is an Associate Professor of Psychology in both the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Columbia University and is also a Research Scientist in the Division of Substance Abuse at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. A major focus of Dr. Hart’s current research is to understand the complex interactions between neurobiological and environmental factors that mediate and modulate the actions of drugs of abuse, including drug-taking behavior and cognitive performance. Dr. Hart’s research has been supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse for the past several years and was recently renewed for 5 years. In addition to his substantial research responsibilities, Dr. Hart teaches an undergraduate Drugs and Behavior course and a graduate level seminar entitled “Topics in Neurobiology & Behavior."

After graduating from Cornell University and serving a brief stint in the U.S. Army, Oakley Ray became a fulltime student at the University of Pittsburgh training to be a clinical psychologist. He completed his clinical training and moved to animal research even before he received his Ph.D. Working in the behavioral research laboratory of Larry Stein, he learned all the techniques and technologies of brain stimulation and biochemistry relevant to the expanding field of neuropsychopharmacology. Stein’s laboratory was part of a multidisciplinary research facility so Oakley Ray learned brain anatomy, surgery, biochemistry, and pharmacology. When Larry Stein moved on, Oakley Ray took over the lab, expanded it, and established it as an independent research laboratory. He continued working in Pittsburgh as an Associate Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and at Chatham College while still directing the research laboratory in the Veterans Administration Hospital at Leech Farm Road in Pittsburgh.

Following his move to Nashville to be Professor in Psychology and Pharmacology, and later in Psychiatry, as well as the Chief of the Psychology Program at the Nashville Veteran’s Administration Hospital, he became more involved in human psychopharmacology. He has served as the Executive Secretary of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology and the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology.

Product Details

• Paperback: 451 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages; 11 edition (July 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0073138924
• ISBN-13: 978-0073138923
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #576,492 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good book!, November 5, 2006

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carmelcream (Bridgeport, CT USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior with PowerWeb (Paperback)

I use this book for my Drugs and Behavior class and it was good..it has a lot a information and its an easy read...i just wish all my textbooks were as good as this one!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not bad, October 26, 2006

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As textbooks go this wasn't bad. It is up to date and gives an excellent overview of substance use and abuse. I found it to be engaging. It presents the information in a very matter of fact/non-judgmental way. The title is a little misleading in that the text focuses on United States society, not society in general.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Resource, August 18, 2006

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This review is from: Drugs, Society, and Human Behavior with PowerWeb (Paperback)

This text combined with the DSST for Drugs and Alcohol were great resources to prepare for the DANTES test. If I wasn't familiar with the terminology from the DANTES review then it could be easily located in this text.