Addiction Medicine: A Case and Evidence-Based Guide

by Jonathan D. Avery (Editor), David Hankins (Editor)

Overview

This book provides an accessible, up-to-date understanding of how to treat patients with substance and non-substance-related addiction. It covers all the typical substance and non-substance use disorders and presents evidence in a case-based format.
Concise and comprehensive, opening chapters relay a preliminary assessment of addiction disorders and their neurobiology. Subsequent chapters then offer specific treatment options, challenges, and cases relating to the abuse of distinct substances. The substances mentioned earlier include alcohol, opioids, stimulants, hallucinogens, and sedatives. Additionally, one chapter covers the unique issues associated with treating behavioral addictions, such as sex and gambling. Each chapter will outline cases in a fashion that will optimize the reader's experience. In closing, the book examines co-occurring substance use disorders and mental illness.
An invaluable addition to the PsychiatryUpdate Series, Addiction Medicine is an essential reference for mental health clinicians, as well as primary care and family medicine clinicians.   

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030864309
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	11/21/2021
Series:	Psychiatry Update , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jonathan Avery, M.D.Director of Addiction PsychiatryAssociate Professor of Clinical PsychiatryWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNewYork-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY

David Hankins, M.D.Assistant Professor of Clinical PsychiatryWeill Cornell Medical CollegeNewYork-Presbyterian HospitalNew York, NY

Table of Contents

1. Assessment of Substance Use Disorders.- 2. Neurobiology of Substance Use Disorders.- 3. Alcohol Use Disorder.- 4. Cannabis Use Disorder.- 5. Hallucinogen-Related Disorders.- 6. Inhalant Use Disorders.- 7. Opioid Use Disorder: A Case-Based Approach.- 8. Sedative, Hypnotic, or Anxiolytic-related Disorders.- 9. Stimulant-Related Disorders.- 10 . Nicotine Dependence and Tobacco Use Disorder Treatment.- 11. Behavioral Addictions.- 12. Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Michael Easton, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This book gives an up-to-date review of how to treat patients with substance and non-substance-related addiction in a clinical setting using a case-based format.
Purpose: Treatment options for substance use disorders continue to expand. The recognition of novel pharmacological approaches continues to expand as well as options for psychotherapy, and psychosocial interventions are taking a higher priority for medical systems and policymakers. This book attempts to counter some of the potential pitfalls in clinical encounters using clinical cases in addiction.
Audience: This book is intended as an essential reference for mental health clinicians as well as primary care and family medicine clinicians. It will serve well as an introduction to the clinical approaches to these patients for those with limited knowledge in this area, such as medical students, residents, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners.
Features: This book consists of 12 concise chapters. Initial chapters look at the assessment of addiction disorders and their neurobiology. The following chapters discuss treatment options, challenges, and cases relating to commonly abused substances (alcohol, cannabis, inhalant, opiates, stimulants, hallucinogens, sedatives, and nicotine), behavioral addictions, as well as co-occurring substance use and mental illness. Each chapter uses cases to help optimize one's understanding of these clinical situations.
Assessment: This book provides a concise, limited guide to the approach and treatment of common clinical encounters in addiction medicine. The information is useful but can be obtained from many other books on this topic. It covers common clinical scenarios and can serve those who are in training or with limited experience in this area. The clinical cases, although useful, are based on the clinician's particular approach to various situations in addition to published research.

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