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Substance use disorders : a practical guide [E-book]

By: Series: Practical guides in psychiatryPublication details: Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 328 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 0781769981
  • 9780781769983
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • WM 270
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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Electronic book South London and Maudsley Trust Library Online LWW Psychiatry E-Book Collection WM 270 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Link to resource Available South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust staff click here for online access (Athens login required) Gitlow17

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.

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