Addiction Psychiatric Medicine
A Comprehensive Board Review
- 1st Edition - June 23, 2022
- Latest edition
- Authors: Héctor Colón-Rivera, Elie G. Aoun, Leila M. Vaezazizi
- Language: English
Easy 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… Read more
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Easy 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
1 General Principles of Substance Use Disorders
2 Comorbidities of Substance Use Disorders
3 Neurobiology of Addiction
4 Alcohol Use Disorder
5 Sedatives and Hypnotics
6 Opioid Use Disorder
7 Tobacco and Other Nicotine Products
8 Cannabis Use Disorder
9 Stimulant Use Disorder
10 Dissociative Drugs, Hallucinogens, Caffeine, Inhalants, and Other Substance of Abuse
11 Aspects of Pain
12 Drug Testing, Forensic Addictions, and Ethics
13 Psychosocial Approaches to Substance Use Disorder Management
14 Practice Tests
14 Behavioral Addictions
2 Comorbidities of Substance Use Disorders
3 Neurobiology of Addiction
4 Alcohol Use Disorder
5 Sedatives and Hypnotics
6 Opioid Use Disorder
7 Tobacco and Other Nicotine Products
8 Cannabis Use Disorder
9 Stimulant Use Disorder
10 Dissociative Drugs, Hallucinogens, Caffeine, Inhalants, and Other Substance of Abuse
11 Aspects of Pain
12 Drug Testing, Forensic Addictions, and Ethics
13 Psychosocial Approaches to Substance Use Disorder Management
14 Practice Tests
14 Behavioral Addictions
"The test questions presented in this book accurately reflect those of the board examination and will prepare addiction psychiatry fellows for the subspecialty board exam."
©Doody’s Review Service, 2022, Daniel M Tuinstra, MD (Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services) Doody's Score: 4 Stars!
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: June 23, 2022
- Language: English
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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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