
Addiction Psychiatric Medicine
A Comprehensive Board Review
- 1st Edition - March 11, 2022
- Imprint: Saunders
- Authors: Héctor Colón-Rivera, Elie G. Aoun, Leila M. Vaezazizi
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 4 8 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 5 4 8 7 - 3
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Request a sales quoteEasy to read and use, Addiction Psychiatric Medicine: A Comprehensive Board Review provides a systematic and comprehensive review of all diseases and disorders frequently tested on addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine board examinations. This high-yield manual is divided into two sections: the first section contains short chapters covering important topics in addiction medicine and psychiatry, including alcohol, sedatives, opioids, tobacco, cannabis, and stimulants; the second section divides questions into three 50-question blocks to resemble the board exam format. This learning tool is essential for exam study in addiction psychiatry or addiction medicine and an excellent resource for interacting with patients with substance abuse disorders.
- Includes close to 300 multiple choice questions and detailed answer explanations
- Presents information on clinical concepts, etiologies of diseases, treatments, and preventive measures in a format that’s easy to remember and apply, with tables and clinical points.
- Includes commonly missed concepts on exams for addiction psychiatry and addiction medicine to help users achieve optimal sores.
- Offers quick access to high-yield content critical for success on board exams, clinical clerkships, and medical practice.
- Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access the question bank, plus all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
residents, fellows, or attendings in both Addiction Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- 1 General Principles of Substance Use Disorders
- Abstract
- Keywords
- DEFINITIONS OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATIONS
- SUD SEVERITY AND PATIENT PLACEMENT CRITERIA
- STATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TIDBITS
- PHARMACOKINETIC CONSIDERATIONS
- ASSESSMENT SCALES
- THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM DRINKING GUIDELINES
- BEHAVIORAL ADDICTION
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 2 Comorbidities of Substance Use Disorders
- Abstract
- Keywords
- PSYCHIATRIC COMORBIDITIES OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS
- NONPSYCHIATRIC, MEDICAL COMORBIDITIES OF SUBSTANCE USE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 3 Neurobiology of Addiction
- Abstract
- GENERAL TERMS AND CONCEPTS
- THE ADDICTION CYCLE AND RELATION TO ANIMAL MODELS
- GENETICS OF ADDICTION
- PHARMACOTHERAPEUTIC APPROACHES FOR SUDS
- REFERENCE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 4 Alcohol Use Disorder
- Abstract
- Key Words
- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS AND HISTORY
- PHARMACOLOGY OF ALCOHOL
- TOXICOLOGY
- ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
- ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL
- AT-RISK DRINKING AND AUD
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF ALCOHOL USE
- RISK FACTORS FOR AUD
- EFFECTS OF EXCESS ALCOHOL USE
- TREATMENTS FOR AUD
- REFERENCES
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 5 Sedatives and Hypnotics
- Abstract
- KEY WORDS
- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND NEUROBIOLOGY
- TOXICOLOGY TESTING
- SEDATIVE/HYPNOTIC MEDICAL INDICATIONS AND ADVERSE EFFECTS
- SEDATIVE/HYPNOTIC TOXICITY: PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
- SEDATIVE/HYPNOTIC WITHDRAWAL: PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SEDATIVE/HYPNOTIC USE
- SEDATIVE/HYPNOTIC USE DISORDER
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 6 Opioid Use Disorder
- Abstract
- BRIEF HISTORY OF THE CURRENT OPIOID EPIDEMIC
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF OPIOID USE
- KEY REGULATIONS, POLICIES, AND GUIDELINES
- OPIOID PHARMACOLOGY
- OPIOID OVERDOSE PRESENTATION AND MANAGEMENT
- CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF OUD
- PHARMACOLOGIC TREATMENT OF OUD
- OUD AND PREGNANCY
- REFERENCE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 7 Tobacco and Other Nicotine Products
- Abstract
- Keywords
- NICOTINE PHARMACOLOGY
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF TOBACCO USE DISORDER
- TREATMENT OF TOBACCO AND OTHER NICOTINE PRODUCTS DISORDER
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 8 Cannabis Use Disorder
- Abstract
- Key Words
- GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- CHEMICAL STRUCTURE AND NEUROBIOLOGY
- TOXICOLOGY TESTING
- CANNABIS INTOXICATION AND WITHDRAWAL
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF CANNABIS USE
- LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF CANNABIS USE
- TREATMENTS FOR CANNABIS USE DISORDER
- MEDICAL MARIJUANA
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 9 Stimulant Use Disorder
- Abstract
- Key Words
- NEUROBIOLOGY AND GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS
- EPIDEMIOLOGY OF STIMULANT USE DISORDER
- STIMULANT INTOXICATION
- CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF STIMULANT USE DISORDER
- STIMULANT WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME
- PREGNANCY AND STIMULANT USE
- ATTENTION-DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER AND STIMULANT USE DISORDER
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 10 Dissociative Drugs, Hallucinogens, Caffeine, Inhalants, and Other Substances of Abuse
- Abstract
- Keywords
- DISSOCIATIVE DRUGS
- HALLUCINOGENS
- GAMMA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE
- FLUNITRAZEPAM
- ANABOLIC ANDROGENIC STEROIDS
- INHALANTS
- CAFFEINE
- REFERENCE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 11 Aspects of Pain
- Abstract
- Keywords
- THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF PAIN
- CLINICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PAIN MANAGEMENT
- PHARMACOTHERAPIES FOR PAIN SYNDROMES
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 12 Drug Testing, Forensic Addictions, and Ethics
- Abstract
- Keywords
- DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING
- MEDICAL ETHICS IN ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY AND ADDICTION MEDICINE
- FORENSIC ADDICTION PSYCHIATRY AND ADDICTION MEDICINE
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 13 Psychosocial Approaches to Substance Use Disorder Management
- Abstract
- Key words
- DEFINITIONS OF TERMS RELATING TO MODELS OF CARE
- LONG-TERM PSYCHOSOCIAL PROGRAMS FOR THE CARE OF PERSONS WITH SUD
- COMMUNITY MUTUAL-SUPPORT GROUPS AND 12-STEP PROGRAMS
- SPECIFIC PSYCHOTHERAPIES
- SCREENING, BRIEF INTERVENTION, AND REFERRAL TO TREATMENT
- REFERENCES
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- REVIEW QUESTIONS
- 14 Practice Tests
- BLOCK 1
- BLOCK 2
- BLOCK 3
- REFERENCES
- Answers 1–13
- CHAPTER 1
- CHAPTER 2
- CHAPTER 3
- CHAPTER 4
- CHAPTER 5
- CHAPTER 6
- CHAPTER 7
- CHAPTER 8
- CHAPTER 9
- CHAPTER 10
- CHAPTER 11
- CHAPTER 12
- CHAPTER 13
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- Answer 14
- BLOCK 1
- BLOCK 2
- BLOCK 3
- SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 11, 2022
- Imprint: Saunders
- No. of pages: 208
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323754866
- eBook ISBN: 9780323754873
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Héctor Colón-Rivera
Dr. Colon-Rivera has board certifications in General, Adolescent, Addiction Medicine, and Addiction psychiatry. He is currently an attending physician at the UPMC Behavioral Health Network and Telepsychiatry Division and the Medical Director of the Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha, Inc Behavioral Health Program (APM), a non-profit organization dedicated to improving communities' quality of life through direct behavior and substance use disorder services in the Philadelphia region. Dr. Colon-Rivera serves as a clinical advisor for the Advisory on Alcohol and Other Drugs Committee for Pennsylvania and an Opioid State Targeted Response Technical Assistance advisor to Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania.
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Elie G. Aoun
Elie G. Aoun, M.D., is a psychiatrist in general, addiction and forensic practice in New York, on faculty at NYU as an emergency psychiatrist and a PGY7 forensic psychiatry research fellow at Columbia University. He serves as the vice chair of the American Psychiatric Association Council on Addiction Psychiatry. He is a member of the ACGME committee tasked with developing the new guidelines for general psychiatry residency training programs (Milestones). His work focuses on examining the intersection of Substance Use Disorders (SUD) and the law. Specifically, he works on program development and implementation in reentry models for individuals with SUD, examining interventions that reduce crime recidivism in this population.
In addition, Dr. Aoun’s expertise includes also the neuro-psycho-endocrinology of Alcohol Use Disorder, behavioral economic model of addictions, public policy and advocacy for issues pertaining to access to care for underprivileged and stigmatized populations including those with substance use disorders, LGBT and incarcerated individuals. He has authored several peer reviewed articles, book chapters, position statements and other policy papers and has presented talks at various national and local meetings.
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Leila M. Vaezazizi
Dr. Leila M. Vaezazizi, M.D. is an addiction psychiatrist at the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center and faculty member at New York University School of Medicine. She is a graduate of Harvard Medical School, completed her residency training at New York University and addiction psychiatry clinical and research fellowship at Columbia University. She is the medical director of the Substance Abuse Recovery Program at the Manhattan Veterans Affairs Medical Center, an intensive outpatient program for the treatment of substance use disorders. Dr. Vaezazizi has authored several articles and book chapters focusing on substance use disorders and social determinants of the opioid crisis and has served as a member of the American Psychiatric Association Council on Addiction Psychiatry.
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