Description
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.
Features
- Outlined bullet points
- Standard, templated format
About the Author(s)
- Christopher A Cavacuiti MD, CCFP, MHSc, ASAM
- St. James Town Health Centre, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Specs
- Product Format: Softbound
- ISBN: 9781605477763
- Trim Size: 4.5 x 7.5
- Pages: 600
- Pub Date: May 18, 2011
- Weight: 3.0
Associated Specialties
Table of contents
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
