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Addiction Medicine for Health Care Professionals

Concise, up-to-date coverage of addiction for health care providers

Robert D Lovinger (Author)

9780323680172, Elsevier Health Sciences

Paperback / softback, published 13 June 2019

106 pages
23.4 x 19 x 0.9 cm, 0.2 kg

More people are being treated for substance abuse each year, creating a vital need for a practical, easy-to-use manual for addiction treatment providers. Addiction Medicine: An Introduction for Health Care Professionals, by Dr. Robert D. Lovinger, provides clear, authoritative guidance on current concepts of brain functions associated with substance abuse, early management and long-term treatment protocols, and effective psychiatric co-morbidity drug therapies with the goal to provide improved personalized treatments for patients suffering from addiction.

  • Discusses the physiological effects of substance abuse on the brain and body.
  • Summarizes current and successful addiction management protocols.
  • Examines applications and recommended drug treatments for patients susceptible to long-term relapse.
  • Covers smoking cessation and common substance abuse-linked sexually transmitted diseases.
  • Consolidates today’s available information and guidance into a single, convenient resource.

1 Introduction
2 A Brief Guide to High-Complexity Testing for the Detection of Common Substances of Abuse in the Urine andUseful Clinical Interpretation of These Procedures
3 Addiction Management Protocols
4 Addiction Management Protocols Smoking Cessation Management
5 Addiction Management Protocols:Long-Term Medication Abstinence Options to Help Curb Substance Abuse Relapse
6 Common Substance AbuseeAssociated Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Subject Areas: Psychiatry [MMH]
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