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Principles of Addiction Medicine: The Essentials is a compact and portable distillation of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's flagship text, Principles of Addiction Medicine. This handbook present the clinically essential points from the larger text in an easy-to-follow outlined and bulleted format. Each chapter follows a template with structured headings such as pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic uses, effects, liability, and withdrawal. Principles of Addiction Medicine: The Essentials is an excellent reference for a wide variety of addiction medicine professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, internal medicine/primary care physicians, and substance abuse counselors.

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SECTION HEADINGS

Section 1: BASIC SCIENCE AND CORE CONCEPTS

Section 2: PHARMACOLOGY

Section 3: DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT, AND EARLY INTERVENTION

Section 4: OVERVIEW OF ADDICTION TREATMENT

Section 5: SPECIAL ISSUES IN ADDICTION MEDICINE

Section 6: MANAGEMENT OF INTOXICATION AND WITHDRAWAL

Section 7: PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS

Section 8: BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS

Section 9: MUTUAL HELP, TWELVE STEP, AND OTHER RECOVERY PROGRAMS

Section 10: MEDICAL DISORDERS AND COMPLICATIONS OF ADDICTION

Section 11: CO-OCCURRING ADDICTION AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Section 12: PAIN AND ADDICTION

Section 13: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Section 14: ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND LIABILITY ISSUES IN ADDICTION PRACTICE

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ISBN-13: 9781605477763
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Publication date: May, 2011
Pages: 600
Weight: 3g
Availability: Not available (reason unspecified)
Subcategories: Addictions and Therapy, General Issues, General Practice, Psychiatry, Psychology

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