Disulfiram Its Use in Alcohol Dependence and Other Disorders /

• Main Author: De Sousa, Avinash (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Clinical psychology.; Psychiatry.; Clinical Psychology.

This book focuses on the value of supervised Disulfiram therapy, highlighting the many potential and unique benefits of Disulfiram. One of the oldest drugs available for the long-term management of alcohol dependence, Disulfiram remains a viable treatment option for alcohol dependence and has been s...

Table of Contents:

• History and discovery
• Mechanism of action and pharmacology
• Use in alcohol dependence
• Use in cocaine dependence
• Use in pathological gambling
• In combination with other therapies for alcohol dependence
• Side effects and their management.-Use in special populations with alcohol dependence.-Is it an underused drug
• The road ahead and future research needs
• Ethical issues
• Non psychiatric uses an overview.