Substance use disorders : a practical guide
Gitlow, Stuart
Substance use disorders : a practical guide [E-book] - 2nd ed. - Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007. - xx, 328 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Practical guides in psychiatry. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-317) and index.
Revised, updated, and expanded, this handbook is a quick, concise, practical guide for clinicians treating patients with addictive disease. Using the conversational style and clinical vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Gitlow describes effective strategies for the step-by-step process of intervening in a lifelong illness pattern. This edition includes new material on buprenorphine, naltrexone, and other pharmacologic treatments, nicotine cessation therapies, and pharmacologic interventions for sedative dependence, plus a new chapter on substance-induced disorders, a thoroughly rewritten prevention chapter, and expanded coverage of treatment dilemmas and legal issues. Easy-to-use appendices provide quick access to numerous new screening tools and other frequently referenced information.
0781769981 9780781769983
Substance abuse
Substance misuse
Addiction
WM 270
Substance use disorders : a practical guide [E-book] - 2nd ed. - Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007. - xx, 328 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Practical guides in psychiatry. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-317) and index.
Revised, updated, and expanded, this handbook is a quick, concise, practical guide for clinicians treating patients with addictive disease. Using the conversational style and clinical vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Gitlow describes effective strategies for the step-by-step process of intervening in a lifelong illness pattern. This edition includes new material on buprenorphine, naltrexone, and other pharmacologic treatments, nicotine cessation therapies, and pharmacologic interventions for sedative dependence, plus a new chapter on substance-induced disorders, a thoroughly rewritten prevention chapter, and expanded coverage of treatment dilemmas and legal issues. Easy-to-use appendices provide quick access to numerous new screening tools and other frequently referenced information.
0781769981 9780781769983
Substance abuse
Substance misuse
Addiction
WM 270
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