Hamid Ghodse CBE is President of the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board and Professor and Director of Psychiatry at the International Centre for Drug Policy, St George's, University of London, UK.
Preface
Introduction
1. Drugs, addiction and behaviour
2. The global drug problem - international perspectives
3. Drugs of abuse and dependence
4. Alcohol
5. Tobacco use and addiction
6. Assessment
7. General measures of intervention
8. Specific methods of treatment
9. Complications of drug abuse and their treatment
10. Special problems
11. Follow-up and treatment outcome
12. Prevention of drug abuse
13. The law and drug-control policies
References and further reading
Appendices
Index.
Preface; Introduction; 1. Drugs, addiction and behaviour; 2. The global drug problem - international perspectives; 3. Drugs of abuse and dependence; 4. Alcohol; 5. Tobacco use and addiction; 6. Assessment; 7. General measures of intervention; 8. Specific methods of treatment; 9. Complications of drug abuse and their treatment; 10. Special problems; 11. Follow-up and treatment outcome; 12. Prevention of drug abuse; 13. The law and drug-control policies; References and further reading; Appendices; Index.
