Drugs and Addictive Behaviour: A Guide to Treatment

ISBN: 9780521000017 出版年：2002 页码：521 Ghodse Cambridge University Press

In this completely revised and updated third edition of his highly successful book, Hamid Ghodse presents a comprehensive overview of substance misuse and dependence. There is a particular emphasis on practical, evidence-based approaches to the assessment and management of a wide range of drug-related problems in a variety of clinical settings, and he has written an entirely new chapter on alcohol abuse. He defines all the terms, and describes the effects of substance misuse on a patient's life. Epidemiology, and international prevention and drug control policies are covered to address the global nature of the problem, and the appendix provides a series of clinical intervention tools, among them a Substance Misuse Assessment Questionnaire. Table of contents: Preface Introduction 1. Drugs, addiction and behaviour 2. Drug dependence 3. Drugs of abuse and dependence 4. Alcohol 5. Assessment 6. General measure of intervention 7. Specific methods of treatment 8. Complications of drug abuse and their treatment 9. Special problems 10. Follow-up and treatment outcome 11. Prevention of drug abuse 12. The law and drug-control policies