Textbook of Addiction Treatment: International Perspectives

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: el-Guebaly, Nady (Editor), Carrà, Giuseppe (Editor), Galanter, Marc (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Nursing.; Psychiatry.; Pharmacotherapy.; Psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Psychology, general.

Addiction is an increasingly recognized major global public health issue. A growing number of medical specialties, psychological and social science training programs, and professional associations are incorporating addiction as part of their training and continuing education curricula across a broad...

Table of Contents:

• Basic Sciences and Clinical Foundations
• Screening and Early Interventions
• Drugs of Abuse and Pharmacotherapies for Substance Disorders
• Behavioural Approaches
• Social Therapies and Treatment Settings
• Main Elements of a Systems Approach to Addiction Treatment
• Behavioural Addictions and Management Applications
• Medical Disorders and Complications of Alcohol and Other Drugs, Pain Addiction
• Psychiatric Comorbidities and Complications of Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Special Populations
• Children, Adolescents and Young Adults
• Education and Training. .