Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, Volume 50: Motivational Factors in the Etiology of Drug Abuse

by Rick A. Bevins

This volume marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Nebraska Symposium on Motivation, the longest continuously running symposium in the field of psychology.

The motivational processes involved in drug abuse, the largest health problem in the United States, are the subject of eight thought-provoking essays that probe behavioral, cognitive, evolutionary, and physiological perspectives. George F. Koob discusses the implications of an allostatic view...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803213409
• ISBN13: 9780803213401
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 286 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.2" x 9.3"