The Clinical Management of Nicotine Dependence

Herausgegeben von Cocores, James A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The 1980s have. seen a remarkable degree of public and professional acceptance of cigarette smoking as the most widespread and devastating form of drug dependence. More medical schools now give required courses about drug dependence. Prestigious journals publish reports of investiga tions on the subject of nicotine dependence, and more conferences and workshops are held each year on various aspects of nicotine dependence. All this is in sharp contrast to the earlier prevailing atmosphere of dis interest, ignorance, or professional disdain. These changes created an obvious place for a textbook oriented pri marily toward the needs of clinicians working with patients who have nicotine dependence. Thus, in preparation of this book, most aspects of the management of nicotine dependence are incorporated, in order to address concerns of physicians in training and other health care profes sionals across the world. The final product, which I believe to be com prehensive and clinically relevant throughout, is a text that I hope will be of equal use to psychologists, social workers, nurses, counselors, and physicians in all specialties. An encyclopedic treatise was deliberately avoided because that approach can be cumbersome in size, readability, and cost, and for that reason, readers will find little mention of data involv ing animal research, nicotine-related politics, nicotine product advertising, medical consequences of smoking, psychotherapeutic techniques, and the extent of the problem.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer New York / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4613-9114-2
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1991
• Seitenzahl: 356
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781461391142
• ISBN-10: 1461391148
• Artikelnr.: 36120866

Autorenporträt

For all professionals involved with patients addicted to tobacco, this book outlines methods that the reader can apply in clinical practice.

Inhaltsangabe

I Etiology.- 1. Acayatl's Curse.- 2. Psychosocial Factors and Nicotine Dependence.- 3. Special Populations: Beyond Cultural Sensitivity.- 4. Smokeless Tobacco.- 5. The Biobehavioral Effects of Nicotine: Interactions with Brain Neurochemical Systems.- 6. Nicotine Addiction as a Disease.- II Treatment.- 7. Engagement of the Nicotine-Dependent Person in Treatment.- 8. The Role of Family and Friends in the Management of Nicotine Dependence.- 9. Behavioral Treatment of Cigarette Dependence.- 10. Recovery-Oriented Nicotine Addiction Therapy.- 11. Counterconditioning Methods.- 12. Silver Acetate Deterrent Therapy: A Minimal-Intervention Self-help Aid.- 13. Hypnosis in the Treatment of the Smoking Habit.- 14. The Treatment of Smoking and Nicotine Addiction with Acupuncture.- 15. Nicotine Gum.- 16. Transdermal Nicotine and Nasal Nicotine Administration as Smoking-Cessation Treatments.- 17. Clonidine in the Management of Nicotine Dependence.- 18. Anticholinergic and Other Medicines.- 19. Clinical Laboratory Testing of Nicotine.- 20. Outpatient Management of Nicotine Dependence.- 21. Residential Treatment.- 22. Smoking Cessation in the Workplace.- 23. Treatment Nicotine Dependence in Chemically Dependent Inpatients.- 24. Nicotine-Dependent Psychiatric Patients.- 25. Relapse Prevention.- 26. Wellness Component of a Long-Term Maintenance Strategy.- 27. Nicotine Anonymous.