Robert Holman Coombs, Ph.D., C.A.S., Professor of Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles School of Medicine, is trained as a sociologist, counseling psychologist, family therapist, certified addiction specialist, and certified group psychotherapist. A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, he serves on the International Certification Advisory Committee of the American Academy of Healthcare Providers in the Addictive Disorders. When a member of the California Commission for the Prevention of Drug Abuse, he developed the conceptual fr...