Overview

This handbook provides practical and evidence-based guidelines for evaluating, treating, and managing patients with substance abuse problems. The opening chapters provide an overview of key clinical issues, strategies for interviewing, screening, confronting, and motivating patients, and various treatment modalities. A major portion of the book focuses on diagnosis, medical complications, and treatment of specific drug addictions. Chapters on smoking and prescription drug abuse are also included. Other chapters discuss medical care for the addicted patient, psychiatric illness and addiction, and substance abuse in special populations. Specific treatment protocols are provided and each chapter ends with annotated references to the literature.

Full Product Details

Author:   Darius A. Rastegar, MD ,  Michael I. Fingerhood
Publisher:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Imprint:   Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Edition:   4th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 11.10cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 20.30cm
Weight:   0.284kg
ISBN:  

9780781761543

ISBN 10:   0781761549
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   25 November 2005
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: About This Handbook / Overview of Addiction / Legal Issues / A Note on Terminology / References ADDICTION FROM A CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE: Addiction and Primary Care / The Physiology of Addiction / Disease Model / Moral Failure Model / Psychosocial Model / Stages of Addiction/Recovery / Dealing with Relapse / Annotated References THE MEDICAL INTERVIEW: SCREENING, CONFRONTING, AND MOTIVATING: Background / Screening for Addiction / Drug Testing / Motivational Interviewing / Dealing with Denial / Confrontation / Annotated References OVERVIEW OF ADDICTION TREATMENT: Background / Treatment Setting / Psychosocial Treatment / Pharmacotherapy / Aversive Therapy / Alternative Therapies / Limitations of Addiction Treatment Research / Annotated References ALCOHOL: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Annotated References SEDATIVE HYPNOTICS: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Annotated References OPIOIDS: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Annotated References TOBACCO: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Annotated References COCAINE AND OTHER STIMULANTS: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Caffeine / Annotated References PHENCYCLIDINE AND HALLUCINOGENS: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Annotated References MARIJUANA: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Annotated References INHALANTS: VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, NITRITES, AND ANESTHETICS: Background / Epidemiology / Volatile Organic Compounds: Fuels, Solvents, Adhesives, Cleaning Agents and Aerosols / Volatile Anesthetics: Nitrous Oxide and Others / Nitrites / Treatment / Annotated References ANABOLIC STEROIDS AND ATHLETES: Background / Epidemiology / Drug Effects / Diagnosis / Medical Complications / Treatment / Other Drugs / Annotated References PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE: Background / Epidemiology / Abused Prescription Drugs / Over-the-Counter Medications / Markers of Abuse / Strategies to Avoid Prescription Drug Abuse / Annotated References MEDICAL CARE FOR THE ADDICTED PATIENT: Background / Medical Complications of Injection Drug Use / Infectious Complications / Cutaneous Complications / Neuromuscular Complications / Pulmonary Complications / Cardiovascular Complications / Renal Complications / Medical Care of Patients on Methadone / Treating Pain in the Opiate Addict / Dealing with Difficult Patients / Annotated References PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS AND ADDICTION: Background / Epidemiology / Affective Disorders / Anxiety Disorders / Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) / Schizophrenia / Personality Disorders / Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) / Annotated References SPECIAL POPULATIONS: Adolescents / Prisoners / Older Adults / Health Professionals / Women / Families and Co-dependence / Annotated References Appendix A. DSM-IV Criteria for Substance Dependence Appendix B. DSM-IV Criteria for Substance Abuse

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