Addiction Medicine for Health Care Professionals
- 1st Edition - June 12, 2019
- Latest edition
- Author: Robert D. Lovinger
- Language: English
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 In… Read more
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Description
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.
Key features
Key features
- 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
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. A Brief Guide to High-Complexity Testing for the Detection of Common Substances of Abuse in the Urine and Useful 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 Abusee-Associated Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 13, 2019
- Language: English