An international panel of expert contributors offers the most up-to-date information on:
- Diagnosis and classification.
- Neurobiological and molecular theories of addiction
- Behavioral concepts of addiction
- Clinical aspects of addiction to a wide range of substances, including opiates, stimulants, sedatives, hallucinogens, alcohol, nicotine, and caffeine
- Science-based treatment options: pharmacotherapy, pharmacogenetics, potential vaccines, brief and compliance-enhancing interventions, cognitive behavioral treatment, behavioral management, and other psychosocial interventions
- Behavioral addictions-including compulsive eating, Internet messaging, and hypersexuality-and their treatment
- Addiction in specific populations, including adolescents, the elderly, pregnant women, and health care professionals
- Legal, disability, and rehabilitation issues
At once comprehensive and integrative, Addiction Medicine is an essential text and a practice-expanding tool for psychiatrists, health psychologists, pharmacologists, social workers, drug counselors, trainees, and general physicians/family practitioners.
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"This comprehensive, detailed book presents the most up-to-date scientific research and evidence-based studies on addictions to substances as well as behavioral addictions. ... The book is designed for psychiatrists, general physicians/family practitioners, psychologists, pharmacologists, social workers, drug counselors, and trainees as well as healthcare workers who deal with patients with addictions in their clinical practices. ... This is an impressive, thorough, and detailed reference on addiction medicine." (Michael Easton, Doody's Review Service, August, 2012)