| Description |
xxxi, 459 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 18 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Oxford specialist handbooks |
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Oxford specialist handbooks.
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| Contents |
1. The scope of addiction medicine -- 2. Assessment and diagnosis: general principles -- 3. Approaches to management -- 4. Alcohol -- 5. Tobacco -- 6. Sedative hypnotics -- 7. Cannabis -- 8. Opioids -- 9. Psychostimulants -- 10. Other drugs -- 11. Psychiatric co-morbidity -- 12. Special populations -- 13. Specific clinical syndromes -- 14. Difficult and urgent situations -- 15. Legal and ethical issues |
| Summary |
Substance use rates amongst the top four risk factors contributing to the global burden of disease. Substance use disorders can cause, mimic, underlie or complicate a large number of common medical and psychiatric disorders. Making a correct diagnosis of the substance use disorder can facilitateclinical diagnosis, avoid unnecessary tests, shorten hospital stay and make the clinician and patient's life easier and safer. Increasingly, the ability to diagnose and initiate management of substance use disorders is the responsibility of all medical and health professionals. This invaluable guide discusses the broad range of management options and the evidence base behind modern addiction medicine |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Addicts -- Medical care.
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Substance abuse -- Treatment.
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Substance abuse.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- therapy.
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Behaviour, addictive -- Handbooks, Manuals, etc
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Mental Disorders.
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Substance-Related Disorders -- Handbooks, Manuals, etc
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| Author |
Conigrave, Katherine, author
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Marshall, E. Jane, author
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Nutt, David, author
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Saunders, John B., author
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| LC no. |
2009419421 |
| ISBN |
0199539332 (paperback) |
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9780199539338 (paperback) |
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