The education-drug use connection vs On Becoming a Psychotherapist

The education-drug use connection

Jerald G Bachman, Jerald G. Bachman, Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Lloyd D. Johnson, Lloyd D. Johnston, Peter Freedman-Doan, Emily E. Messersmith

2007

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine. The book uses data from the University of Michigan's Monitoring the Future project. It focuses on a large and nationally representative sample of 8th grade students in the United States who were initially surveyed in 1991-1993 and then followed over the vitally important developmental period between ages 14 and 22. The volume uses a variety of statistical analysis techniques, and the findings can be understood by individuals with limited, as well as with extensive, backgrounds in research design. The findings convincingly demonstrate that if young people can be successful in school, it can improve a broad range of outcomes in their lives, not the least of which is their ability to resist pressures to use drugs. The book provides: a summary of the findings and conclusions; a review of relevant literature; a detailed discussion of the survey and analysis methods; the academic attainment of those in the longitudinal panel; the delinquent behaviors of panel members as they relate to measures of educational success; and the patterns of initiation, continuation, and cessation for each substance: cigarettes, marijuana, cocaine, and alcohol. This book is intended for anyone who deals with education and/or substance use, including educational, developmental, and social psychologists; sociologists; epidemiologists; educators; and policy makers. The analysis of panel survey data, using a variety of techniques, will also appeal to survey methodologists and students.

On Becoming a Psychotherapist

Windy Dryden, Laurence Spurling

1989

This book marks Windy Dryden's fiftieth year in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. The structure of the book mirrors the development of Windy's career. Things happened to him, and he responded. They did not happen to Windy in a logical order, so this book does not have a logical order other than one that reflects the passage of time. Windy wanted this book to be personal and short, and on both counts, he has been successful! About the Author Windy Dryden is Emeritus Professor of Psychotherapeutic Studies at Goldsmiths University of London and is in part-time independent and practice. His interests include helping people at the point of need and training therapists to offer single-session therapy. His latest interest is in microtherapy, in which the therapist offers 20-minute focused conversations to people in need.