Principles of Addiction Medicine, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1880425041 ISBN 13: 9781880425046

Publisher: Annapolis Junction, Maryland,, 1998

Synopsis

More than just an extensively revised version of the original 1994 landmark publication (17 new chapters), the August 1998 Principles of Addiction Medicine/Second Edition is a comprehensive, self-contained text with state-of-the-art scientific and clinical knowledge designed for physicians, addiction counselors,and other health care professionals. This definitive resource book is the product of intensive collaboration among clinicians, researchers and scholars from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM). To highlight the scientific discoveries that guide contemporary addiction medicine issues, NIAAA Director Enoch Gordis,MD and NIDA Director Alan Leshner, PhD have both written chapters for this publication. With the publication of the Second Edition, the definition of addiction medicine has been refined and enriched, the neuroscientific foundations of addictions have been described and the most effective techniques and concepts related to its practice have been reviewed. The revised Second Edition includes over 100 chapters on a broad cross-section of core topics;including Alcohol and Drug Use in the Workplace, Surgery in the Addicted Patient, Medical Disorders in the Addicted Patient, Diagnosis and Assessment, The Pharmacology of Addictive Drugs, Twelve Step Programs and Other Interpersonal Therapies, Women, Infants and Addiction, Behavioral Therapies for Addiction and Pain Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Annapolis Junction, Maryland,
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1880425041
• ISBN 13: 9781880425046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1338
• Editor: Graham Allan W., Schultz Terry K.