Israel's Day of Light and Joy Maurice Goguel An overview of how the

An overview of how the epidemiology of stimulant abuse is changing and pharmaceutical abuse is rising due to factors such as greater availability through family and friends who are increasingly being prescribed stimulants for conditions like weight loss or attention deficit disorder

and more successful

and Indian responses -- positive

featuring many examples from and ideas for the classroom

the authors -- all of them practicing mental health clinicians -- distill the most relevant information that nonpsychiatric physicians

Israel's Day of Light and Joy Maurice Goguel An overview of how theThis book begins by exploring the mysterious origins of an institution so familiar that most of us never wonder where it came from the seven day week. Jon D. Levenson then focuses on the historical development of the Jewish Sabbath and the rich range of theological and ethical meanings it has acquired over the centuries. Levenson evaluates the theory that the Hebrew word sabbat derives from Akkadian and that the Sabbath may have begun as a day of ill