Substance Abuse and Psychopathology

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Relationships between Substance Abuse and Psychopathology Overview

   1. Relationships between Substance Abuse and Psychopathology

      • Arthur I. Alterman

      Pages 1-12

3. Substance Abuse in Different Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Alcohol, Drug Use, and Psychopathology in the General Population

      • Nancy Day, Kenneth Leonard

      Pages 15-43

   3. Substance Abuse and Psychopathology

      • Joseph Westermeyer

      Pages 45-68

   4. Substance Abuse in the Affective Disorders

      • Demmie Mayfield

      Pages 69-90

   5. Substance Abuse in Psychopathic States and Sociopathic Individuals

      • David C. Kay

      Pages 91-119

   6. Substance Abuse in Psychiatric Patients

      • Arthur I. Alterman

      Pages 121-136

   7. Drug Abuse and Psychiatric Disorders

      • A. Thomas McLellan, Anna Rose Childress, George E. Woody

      Pages 137-172

   8. Drug-Induced Psychosis

      • Sam Castellani, William M. Petrie, Everett Ellinwood Jr.

      Pages 173-210

4. Problems, Effects, and Treatments

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211

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   2. Interactions of Drugs of Abuse with Prescription Drugs

      • W. H. Vogel

      Pages 213-237

   3. Identification and Treatment of Substance Abuse Problems in the Emergency Room

      • Edwin Robbins, Steven B. Katz, Marvin Stern

      Pages 239-288

   4. Neuropsychology of Alcohol and Drug Abuse

      • Igor Grant, Robert Reed

      Pages 289-341

   5. Family Adaptation to Substance Abuse

      • Edward Kaufman

      Pages 343-366

   6. Conjoint Treatment of Dual Disorders

      • Patricia Ann Harrison, Jodi A. Martin, Vicente B. Tuason, Norman G. Hoffmann

      Pages 367-390

5. Back Matter

   Pages 391-397

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Substance misuse and abuse exist in almost every human society. In our western civilization, the bulk of attention has focused on those indi­ viduals who specifically seek treatment or those who have become so disabled by these problems that they require treatment. These indi­ viduals usually qualify for a psychiatric diagnosis of alcohol or other substance abuse. However, just as it has been recognized that primary substance abuse is frequently associated with other diagnosable psychi­ atric disorders, such as sociopathy or attention deficit disorder (residual type) and that the origins of substance abuse are multivariate, we have also begun to become aware that many other individuals in our society with psychiatric or other problems also suffer, to varying degrees, from substance abuse. These problems may be considered secondary by vari­ ous specialists or treatment personnel; but nevertheless, they are prob­ lems, and what disorder is primary or secondary in a given individual may often be very difficult to determine in a meaningful fashion. Thus, within the past decade, research studies have reported significant inci­ dences of substance abuse/or misuse in high school and college-aged populations, in medical populations, and in individuals with other psy­ chiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, depression, and the anxiety and personality disorders. Yet to date little has been done to bring together and systematize this widely scattered data that describes the presence of substance abuse problems in various populations.

• alcohol
• anxiety
• attention
• attention deficit
• attention deficit disorder (ADD)
• depression
• diagnosis
• personality
• psychopathology

• Veterans Administration Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA

  Arthur I. Alterman

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