Older Adult's Misuse of Alcohol, Medicines, and Other Drugs
Subtitle: Research and Practice Issues
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer Publishing Company
Published: January 15, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9780826195005
Subjects: Alcoholism; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Elderly; Medication abuse; Drug Addiction (Psychiatric Aspects); Geriatric Psychiatry; Self-Help; Substance Abuse & Addictions - Alcoholism; Medical; Older people; Gerontology; Drug use; Psychiatry - General; Alcohol use
Description: This volume presents the latest thinking and research findings on alcohol and drug misuse in later life. Anne Gurnack has assembled an internationally known multidisciplinary team of experts to review this underserved population.

Part I reviews the epidemiology and assessment of problem drinking. It includes a useful review of medical manifestations of alcoholism, techniques on how to detect early versus late onset of alcoholism, and treatment alternatives for alcohol abusers. Part II focuses on prescriptive and illicit drug abuse. The topics include misuse of prescription drugs, interactions between alcohol and drugs, and drug misuse in nursing homes.

This volume addresses professionals in nursing, social works, long-term care and geriatric education.