Addiction Medicine (Oxford Specialist Handbooks)

Addiction Medicine (Oxford Specialist Handbooks) (2 ed.)

Edited by John B. Saunders, Katherine M. Conigrave, Noeline C. Latt, David J. Nutt, E. Jane Marshall, Walter Ling, and Susumu Higuchi

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Abstract

Addiction Medicine is a concise and practical guide for students and practitioners of medicine, nursing, and other health professions. It provides practical information and clinical management advice for all who are involved in the care of persons with alcohol and other substance use disorders, and also behavioural and electronic addictions such as gambling and Internet use. The second edition of Addiction Medicine comprises 27 chapters and is in easy-to-read handbook form. The first three chapters cover the nature of addictive disorders, the epidemiology of psychoactive substance use, and the pharmacology of the major substance groups. Principles of diagnosis and management (including emergency situations) are then described. There follow chapters on the major substance groups, which present a comprehensive account of the clinical features, diagnosis, and management of disorders related to specific substances. The chapters cover tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, opioids, sedative-hypnotics, psychostimulants, hallucinogens and dissociative drugs, miscellaneous forms of substance use, and polydrug and injecting drug use. New chapters in the second edition cover the electronic and behavioural addictions, with specific chapters for gambling and on-line/electronic gaming. The remainder of the book covers the management of addictive disorders experienced by specific groups and in specific circumstances and settings, together with a summary of ethical and legal issues. The final chapter comprises a series of resources which cover diagnostic criteria for addictive disorders and practical tools to aid management, including screening and assessment questionnaires and withdrawal scales.

Bibliographic Information

Publisher:: Oxford University Press

Print Publication Date:: Aug 2016

Print ISBN-13:: 9780198714750

Published online:: Aug 2016

DOI:: 10.1093/med/9780198714750.001.0001

Authors

John B. Saunders, editor Professor and Consultant Physician in Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine, University of Queensland, University of Sydney, St. John of God Health Care, Wesley Health Care, and South Pacific Private Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Katherine M. Conigrave, editor Professor in Addiction Medicine and Public Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Concord Hospitals, Sydney, Australia

Noeline C. Latt, editor Addiction Medicine Specialist, Royal North Shore Hospital and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Australia

David J. Nutt, editor Professor of Psychopharmacology, Division of Brain Science, Dept of Medicine, Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College London, UK

E. Jane Marshall, editor Consultant Psychiatrist, Alcohol Studies, South London and Maudsley National Health Service Trust and the National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, UK

Walter Ling, editor Integrated Substance Abuse Program (ISAP), School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA, USA

Susumu Higuchi, editor Director, National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Kanagawa, Japan

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Addiction Medicine (Oxford Specialist Handbooks) (2 ed.)

Edited by John B. Saunders, Katherine M. Conigrave, Noeline C. Latt, David J. Nutt, E. Jane Marshall, Walter Ling, and Susumu Higuchi

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