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Books > Medicine > Nursing & ancillary services > Specific disorders & therapies > Addiction & therapy
The Medicare program serves as the healthcare coverage provider to
over 58 million beneficiaries. In serving the over age 65
population, Medicare accounts for a large share of total opioid
prescriptions. In 2016, one out of every three beneficiaries was
prescribed an opioid through Medicare Part D. While many Medicare
beneficiaries with serious pain-related conditions are being
properly prescribed opioids, there is mounting evidence of opioid
misuse in the Medicare system. This book looks at a proposed
programs which seek to increase screening and thus, early detection
of potential opioid use disorder upon entry into the Medicare
program.
Managing Substance Use Disorder: Your Substance Use Disorder:
Client Workbook Practitioner Guide provides practical and
empirically-based strategies for addressing and stopping substance
use, and for changing daily lifestyle and behaviors that contribute
to continued use. Healthcare practitioners in medical, psychiatric,
addiction, and social services settings will find comprehensive
information on substance use disorders, current trends, DSM-5
substance related disorders, and causes and effects of these
disorders. Designed to accompany Managing Your Substance Use
Disorder: Client Workbook, this manualized guide provides a
detailed description of screening and assessment strategies and
treatment approaches (medications and psychosocial), integrating
evidenced-based interventions with the authors' extensive clinical
experiences. Mutual support programs and the impact on the family
and concerned significant others are also discussed, as are the
most common challenges faced by individuals with a substance use
disorder, such as managing cravings, resisting social pressures to
use substances, coping with negative emotions and moods, building a
social support network, involving family or concerned significant
others, and reducing relapse risk. This expanded third edition also
includes a new chapter on the management of co-occurring
psychiatric disorders.
Former commando Chris Thrall returned from a year in Hong Kong
suffering severe psychosis from crystal meth addiction. The medical
profession said recovery was unlikely and recommended admitting him
to a psychiatric hospital. 'There's nothing wrong with me!' Chris
refused all intervention and his life descended into a chaotic
cycle of drug use that almost killed him. Salvation came in a
surprising form. *** In this long-awaited follow-up to Eating
Smoke, Chris tells a harrowing yet refreshing and often hilarious
account of addiction and one gutsy journey to recovery. *** 'It's
no ordinary book. It's no ordinary story. It's a must read!' Andrew
Carter. The Thing Is 'There are inspirational life stories and then
there is Chris Thrall's. Read at your own risk.' Adrian Simon,
author of Milk-Blood and son of Warren Fellows, Damage Done
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