Old and High: A Guide to Understanding the Neuroscience and Psychotherapeutic Treatment of Baby-Boom Adults' Substance Use, Abuse, a

by Robert Youdin

Despite the stereotype of older adults primarily abusing alcohol, clinical practice insights indicate that the baby-boom generation frequently abuses the same substances as younger adults-including alcohol, benzodiazepines/z-drugs, cannabis, opioids, tobacco (nicotine), and neurostimulants. Old and High exposes this hidden epidemic and emphasizes the importance of understanding psychotropic substance abuse as a community health problem. Further, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190672897
• ISBN13: 9780190672898
• Release Date: June 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.4"