This practical and timely book provides comprehensive,
state-of-the-art guidance on how primary care clinicians can best
care for patients with substance use disorders. The book covers the
major drugs of abuse, as well as the more recent ones, detailing
the biology of various addictions and all dimensions of clinical
diagnosis and management. It is organized in four parts: (1) The
Basics, (2) Psychoactive Substance Dependencies, (3) Diagnosis,
Treatment, Recovery, Relapse, and the Family, and (4) Special
Groups. Part I, The Basics, consists of an overview, the various
definitions of substance dependence, and the pharmacology of
addictive substances. Chapter 1, Overview, is an introductory
chapter that covers material common to the entire field of
substance dependence. Chapter 2 covers the various definitions of
substance dependence, and Chapter 3 reviews the pharmacology of
addictive substances. Part II, Psychoactive Substance Dependencies,
explains the various drug dependencies-alcohol dependence,
sedative-hypnotic dependence, opioid dependence, stimulant
dependence, nicotine dependence, cannabis dependence, dissociative
dependence, inhalant dependence, hallucinogen dependence, and
anabolic steroid dependence. Part III addresses diagnosis,
treatment, recovery, relapse, and the family. Part IV, Special
Groups, discusses substance dependence in women, adolescents, the
elderly, ethnic minority groups, co-occurring disorders, LGBT
patients, HIV positive patients, and the impaired physician. In
addition to primary care physicians, Substance Use Disorders: A
Guide for the Primary Care Provider will serve as an invaluable
resource to primary care nurse practitioners and physician
assistants, as well as medical students, primary care residents,
emergency medicine physicians, ASAM and APA certified addictionists
and those studying for certification in those specialties,
psychiatrists, psychologists, and alcohol/drug counselors.
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