The essential newly-expanded reference that needs to be on the desk
of every health care professional who encounters substance abusers.
Handbook of the Medical Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse,
Second Edition is the newly-updated classic reference text that
provides even more detailed and expanded information on the
pharmacological, toxicological, and neuropsychological consequences
of alcohol and drug abuse. Eight new chapters of crucial
information have been added. Written by leading experts in the
fields of medical physiology, psychopharmacology, and
neuropsychology, this valuable resource provides the detailed
alcohol and drug information health professionals in all fields
need to know. Handbook of the Medical Consequences of Alcohol and
Drug Abuse, Second Edition greatly expands on the expert
information provided in the first edition. This text provides
reviews of the cardiovascular, neurological, pulmonary,
gastrointestinal, psychological, and hepatic effects of commonly
abused drugs. The book also provides in-depth explanations of the
mechanisms by which these psychoactive drugs exert their
biobehavioral effects as well as current thinking about-and
definitions of-abuse, dependence, and alcohol/drug use. The
Handbook of the Medical Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse,
Second Edition includes vital information on: alcohol, including
definitions of alcohol use, abuse, and dependence the relationship
between alcohol and accidental injuries, alcohol's effect on
skeletal and major organ systems, and its effect on risk factors
for certain cancers effects of alcohol and other drugs on
neuropsychological function the effects of alcohol on neuron
signaling, neurotransmitter function, and alcoholic brain damage
and cognitive dysfunction fetal alcohol effects chronic effects of
marijuana use on psychological and physical health, including a
fair and balanced discussion of the medical marijuana issue the
consequences of opiate abuse and methadone pharmacotherapy,
including a comparison of the effects of methadone and heroin on
organ systems cocaine's history, the various forms of the drug, and
the adverse effects of cocaine on cardiovascular, neurologic, and
pulmonary systems the medical consequences of inhalants ranging
from benzene to xylene the prenatal effects of nicotine, cocaine,
marijuana, and opiates terminology that appears in the current
literature on alcohol New topics in the Handbook of the Medical
Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Second Edition include
chapters discussing: chemical dependency in psychiatric patients
medical consequences of steroids OTC medications hallucinogens
health effects of tobacco, nicotine, and exposure to tobacco smoke
interactions of alcohol with other drugs and other medications
periodontal effects of alcohol and drug abuse in the oral cavity
imaging studies of structural brain changes The Handbook of the
Medical Consequences of Alcohol and Drug Abuse, Second Edition is
an invaluable resource for physicians, scientists, nurses,
psychologists, and alcohol and drug counselors.
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