Main description:

Substance use among college students can result in serious academic and safety problems and have long-term negative repercussions. This state-of-the-art volume draws on the latest research on students' alcohol and drug use to provide useful suggestions for how to address this critical issue on college campuses. Leading researchers from multiple disciplines examine the prevalence and nature of substance use by students; biological and neuropsychological considerations; psychological and social aspects; prevention; and policy. Exemplary programs are presented-including brief interventions, comprehensive prevention programs, and recovery support programs-enhancing the utility of the book for campus-based clinicians and administrators.

Contents:

_x000D_ College Drinking and Drug Use: Introductory Comments, Helene Raskin White and David L. Rabiner _x000D_ I. The Scope of the Problem _x000D_ 1. Historical and Developmental Patterns of Alcohol and Drug Use among College Students: Framing the Problem, John E. Schulenberg and Megan E. Patrick _x000D_ 2. Use, Misuse, and Diversion of Scheduled Prescription Medications by College Students, Sean Esteban McCabe, James A. Cranford, Christian J. Teter, David L. Rabiner, and Carol J. Boyd _x000D_ II. Biological and Neuropsychological Aspects of Substance Use _x000D_ 3. Chronic Effects of Heavy Alcohol and Marijuana Use on the Brain and Cognition in Adolescents and Young Adults, Krista M. Lisdahl and Susan Tapert _x000D_ 4. Emotional Dysregulation in the Moment: Why Some College Students May Not Mature Out of Hazardous Alcohol and Drug Use, Marsha E. Bates and Jennifer F. Buckman _x000D_ III. Psychological and Social Aspects of Substance Use _x000D_ 5. Drinking in College Students and Their Age Peers: The Role of Anticipatory Processes, Richard R. Reich and Mark S. Goldman _x000D_ 6. The Effects of Alcohol on Other Behavioral Risks, Kim Fromme and Patrick D. Quinn _x000D_ 7. Personality and Contextual Factors in College Students' Drinking, Alvaro Verges and Kenneth J. Sher _x000D_ IV. Prevention and Intervention Strategies _x000D_ 8. Brief Individual-Focused Alcohol Interventions for College Students, Jessica M. Cronce and Mary E. Larimer _x000D_ 9. Brief Interventions for Marijuana Use, Scott T. Walters, Christine M. Lee, and Denise D. Walker _x000D_ 10. Alcohol Interventions for College Student-Athletes, Matthew P. Martens _x000D_ 11. Community and Environmental Prevention Interventions, Robert F. Saltz _x000D_ 12. The Impact of College Student Substance Use: Working with Students on Campus, Jason R. Kilmer and Shannon K. Bailie _x000D_ 13. Campus Recovery Programs, Lisa Laitman and Lea P. Stewart _x000D_ V. Policy Issues _x000D_ 14. The Minimum Legal Drinking Age: 21 as an Artifact, Philip J. Cook and Maeve E. Gearing _x000D_ 15. Balancing Cost and Benefits of the Minimum Legal Drinking Age: A Response to Cook and Gearing, Robert F. Saltz and James C. Fell _x000D_