Methamphetamine Use: Clinical and Forensic Aspects, Second Edition

by Sandra B. McPherson, Harold V. Hall, Errol Yudko

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040080542
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/29/2008
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	408
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Sandra B. McPherson, Harold V. Hall, Errol Yudko

Table of Contents

Background and Scope. Biology, Behavior, and Law. Forensics. Treatment. Epilogue: Methamphetamine as Forensic Challenge. Glossary. Appendix. Index.