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Section 20
Theories on Drug Abuse
Selected Contemporary Perspectives:
The Natural History of Drug Abuse

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National Institute on Drug Abuse

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Lettieri, Ph.D., Dan J.; Mollie Sayers; and Helen Wallenstein Pearson. Theories on Drug Abuse Selected Contemporary Perspectives. Department of Health and Human Services and National Institute on Drug Abuse, March 1980, p. 215-224.

Update
A Latent Class Analysis of Tailored
Substance Use Treatment Programs:
Implications for Treating Syndemic Conditions
Facing Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

Helminen, E. C., Cascalheira, C. J., Shaw, T. J., Zollweg, S., Hughes, T. L., & Scheer, J. R. (2022). A latent class analysis of tailored substance use treatment programs: Implications for treating syndemic conditions facing sexual and gender minority populations. Drug and alcohol dependence, 238, 109550.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Hoopsick, R. A., Vest, B. M., Homish, D. L., & Homish, G. G. (2021). Differences in alcohol screening and alcohol problems among United States veterans based on military service history. Psychological Services.

Hughes, J. R., Naud, S., Budney, A. J., Fingar, J. R., & Callas, P. W. (2016). Attempts to stop or reduce daily cannabis use: An intensive natural history study. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 30(3), 389–397. 

Kelly, P. J., Deane, F. P., & Lovett, M. J. (2012). Using the theory of planned behavior to examine residential substance abuse workers intention to use evidence-based practices. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(3), 661–664.

Lincourt, T. M., Tarescavage, A. M., Burchett, D., & Glassmire, D. M. (2020). Association between MMPI-2-RF SUB items/scale and interview-reported substance abuse history among forensic psychiatric inpatients. Psychological Assessment, 32(2), 132–139.

Lindsey, A. C., Janich, N., Macchi, C. R., Cordes, C. C., Mendoza, N. S., Vazquez, E., & Heath-Martinez, C. (2021). Testing a Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) interdisciplinary training program model for higher education systems. Families, Systems, & Health, 39(2), 212–223.

Morgenstern, J., & Leeds, J. (1993). Contemporary psychoanalytic theories of substance abuse: A disorder in search of a paradigm. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 30(2), 194–206. 

QUESTION 20
The personal characteristics of those particularly liable to use drugs have been obtained by comparing using with nonusing adolescents in the same schools. What is the one of the characteristics looked at? To select and enter your answer go to Test.