Addiction medicine
Subtitle: science and practice
By: Bankole A. Johnson, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1633
ISBN-13: 9781441903372; 9781441903389
Subjects: Compulsive behavior; Substance-Related Disorders; Addicts; Substance abuse; Treatment; Psychological aspects; Medical care; Physiological aspects
Description: This book attempts to "bridge the gap between the explosion of neuroscientific and behavioral knowledge in the past three decades and treatment delivery in clinical practice. As such, it should fulfill the role of a comprehensive textbook that integrates addiction medicine from its scientific underpinnings to the treatment of patients in clinical settings"--Preface, p. vii.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Emerging health perspectives; title: The epidemiology of alcohol and drug disorders; title: United States Federal drug policy; title: Historical perspectives of addiction; title: Diagnosis and classification of substance abuse disorders; title: Drug reinforcement in animals; title: Role of the human laboratory in the development of medications for alcohol and drug dependence; title: Conditioning of addiction; title: Mouse models : knockouts/knockins; title: Vulnerability to substance abuse; title: The pharmacogenomics of addiction; title: Metabolomics in drug response and addiction; title: Neurobiological basis of drug reward and reinforcement; title: Neurobehavioral toxicology of substance of abuse; title: Animal models of drug dependence : motivational perspective; title: Novel methodologies : proteomic approaches in substance abuse research; title: Alcohol : clinical aspects; title: Cocaine; title: Nicotine; title: Marijuana : an overview of the empirical literature; title: Opiates and prescription drugs; title: Clinical aspects of methamphetamine; title: Sedative-hypnotics and anxiolytics; title: Clinical aspects of inhalant addiction; title: Anabolic-androgenic steroids; title: Caffeine; title: Serotonergic hallucinogens; title: Ketamine and phencyclidine; title: The biology and treatment of pathological gambling; title: The addiction model of binge eating disorder; title: Compulsive buying; title: Sexual behavior as an addictive or compulsive phenomenon; title: Instant messaging addiction among teenagers : abstracting from the Chinese experience; title: Hoarding as a behavioral addiction; title: Motivational interviewing: emerging theory, research, and practice; title: Cognitive behavioral therapy for addiction; title: Community reinforcement approach and contingency management therapies; title: Relapse prevention and recycling in addiction; title: Brief interventions for the treatment of alcohol or other drug addiction; title: Self-help approaches for addictions; title: Community clinics; title: Unhealthy alcohol and drug use in primary care; title: Criminal justice system and addiction treatment; title: Adolescent neurocognitive development and school-based drug abuse prevention and treatment; title: The therapeutic community for drug abuse treatment : a journey yet unfolding in the recovery movement; title: Substance use-focused self-help groups : processes and outcomes; title: Pharmacotherapy for alcoholism and some related psychiatric and addictive disorders : scientific basis and clinical findings; title: Alcohol withdrawal : treatment and application; title: Nicotine; title: Pharmacotherapy of cocaine addiction; title: Opioid : heroin and prescription drugs; title: Methamphetamine; title: Potential pharmacotherapies for cannabis dependence; title: Hallucinogens; title: Molecular genetics and the treatment of addiction; title: Physical considerations for treatment complication of alcohol and drug use and misuse; title: Pain and addiction; title: The triple threat : mental illness, substance abuse, and the human immunodeficiency virus; title: Substance abuse stigma as a barrier to treatment and recovery; title: Religiousness, spirituality, and addiction : an evidence-based review; title: Ear acupuncture in addiction treatment; title: In silico models of alcohol kinetics : a deterministic approach; title: In silico models of alcohol dependence treatment : stochastic approach; title: Dynamic and systems-based models for evaluating hypotheses related to predicting treatment response; title: Enhancing positive outcomes for children of substance-abusing parents; title: Vulnerability to addictive disorders and substance abuse in adolescence and emerging adulthood; title: Alcohol and substance abuse in African Americans; title: Gays, lesbians, and bisexuals; title: Substance use disorders in health care professionals; title: Identification and treatment of alcohol or drug dependence in the elderly; title: Alcohol and drugs of abuse in pregnant women : effects on the fetus and newborn, mode of action, and maternal treatment; title: Forensic issues; title: Disability and addiction; title: The Homeless; title: To open up new vistas in basic and preclinical addiction research; title: Opportunities, challenges, and successes in the development of medicines for the treatment of addiction.