The Assessment and Treatment of Addiction: Best Practices and New Frontiers

The Assessment and Treatment of Addiction: Best Practices and New Frontiers
ISBN-10
0323548563
ISBN-13
9780323548564
Category
Medical
Pages
252
Language
English
Published
2018-11-15
Publisher
Elsevier
Authors
Itai Danovitch, Larissa Mooney

Description

Get a quick, expert overview of all types of addiction - from substance addictions to behavioral addictions and more. This practical resource presents a focused summary of today's current knowledge on topics of interest to all health care professionals who work with those who suffer from this wide-ranging problem. It provides current, relevant information on emerging findings, best practices, and treatment challenges, covering a variety of assessment and treatment strategies and making it a one-stop resource for staying up to date in this critical area. Discusses precision health in addiction; the latest trend of electronic cigarettes; state-of-the-art treatments for opioid addiction and cannabis addiction; best practices for chronic pain; prevention among adolescents; the role of physicians in the prescription drug epidemic; and the role of integrative interventions in substance abuse treatment. Includes coverage of behavioral addictions such as internet, sex, and gambling; food addiction; PTSD and substance abuse disorders; preventing relapse; the neurobiology of addiction; and more. Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.

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