The ASAM Essentials of Addiction Medicine

by Abigail Herron, Timothy K. Brennan

Overview

Derived from ASAM’s definitive work,Principles of Addiction Medicine, 6th Edition, this companion resource is ideal for residents, fellows, and practitioners in psychiatry, as well as addiction medicine specialists and other healthcare workers who provide care to patients with substance use disorders. Streamlined and easy to use, the Essentials volume provides authoritative information on everything from the pharmacology of addiction through diagnosis, assessment, and early intervention—all in concise, easy-to-navigate format for ease of reference.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781975107963
Publisher:	Wolters Kluwer Health
Publication date:	02/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	736
File size:	5 MB

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Michael Easton, MD (Rush University Medical Center)
Description: This condensed version of The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine, 5th edition, Ries (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014), provides a quick reference on all aspects of addiction medicine.
Purpose: It is designed to present key clinical points from each chapter of the main textbook in streamlined format. The goal is to distill the essential knowledge that constitutes the core of addiction medicine to provide a concise source of up-to-date and clinically relevant information.
Audience: The intended audience is healthcare professionals not in the addiction field, but the book also is an excellent resource for residents, nurses, and clinicians in the field to review the more recent information available about treating patients with these diseases
Features: It is organized into 14 sections that correspond to the main textbook. Each chapter is a distilled summary of the information presented in its corresponding chapter in the textbook. The first section covers basic science, followed by sections reviewing pharmacology (opiates, stimulants, caffeine, nicotine, cannabinoids, hallucinogens and designer drugs, dissociatives, inhalants, and steroids), diagnosis and intervention (including special populations, emergency rooms, geriatrics and laboratory testing), management of withdrawal, psychosocial, behavioral, and pharmacological treatments (for alcohol, opioids, stimulants, and nicotine) and self help groups. It also covers topics such as medical problems caused by alcohol and drugs and co-occurring psychiatric disorders, addiction and pain, children and adolescents, and ethical, legal, and liability issues in addictions practice.
Assessment: This book provides pertinent clinical information on addiction medicine in an easy-to-read fashion. It is an efficient overview of the material that can be examined in the greater detail it deserves in the main textbook.

Doody's Review Service

This quick reference to all areas of addiction medicine is a condensed version of The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine, 6th edition, Miller et al. (Wolters Kluwer, 2019).
 
It is designed to present key clinical points from each chapter in the main textbook in streamlined format. The goal is to distill the essential knowledge that constitutes the core of addiction medicine and provide a more concise source of up-to-date and clinically relevant information.
 
The purpose is to provide the clinically relevant information for healthcare professionals not in the addiction field. It is also an excellent book for residents, fellows, nurses, and clinicians in the addiction field to use to review the recent pertinent information regarding treating these diseases.
 
This book is organized into 14 sections that correspond to the main textbook.
Each chapter is a distilled summary of the information presented in its companion chapter in the textbook. The first section on basic science is followed by sections reviewing pharmacology (opiates, stimulants, caffeine, nicotine, cannabinoids, hallucinogens and designer drugs, dissociatives, inhalants, and steroids) diagnosis and intervention (including special populations, emergency rooms, geriatrics, and laboratory testing), management of withdrawal, psychosocial, behavioral, and pharmacological treatments (for alcohol, opioids, stimulants and nicotine), and self-help groups. The book then covers special populations such as those with medical problems caused by alcohol and drugs and co-occurring psychiatric disorders, addiction and pain, children and adolescents, and ending with ethical, legal, and liability issues in addictions practice.
 
This is a condensed but thorough overview of all areas of addiction medicine.
The chapters in each section provide pertinent clinical information in an easy-to-read fashion. The book provides an efficient overview of the material, which that can be examined in greater detail if so desired by referring to the main textbook."
 
Weighted Numerical Score: 87 - 3 Stars

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