Addiction Treatment
Subtitle: Science and Policy for the Twenty-first Century
Contributors: Jack E. Henningfield (Editor); Patricia B. Santora (Editor); Warren K. Bickel (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press; Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: November 2, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780801886690
Subjects: Addiction & therapy; Drug addiction & substance abuse; Drug Addiction (Psychiatric Aspects); Psychology; Self-Help; General; Health Policy; Psychopathology - Addiction; Substance Abuse & Addictions - General; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Compulsive behavior; Social aspects; Substance Abuse; Treatment
Description: Addiction to alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs is one of the major public health issues of our time. In the United States, one in five deaths is the result of addictive drug use. This innovative book critically examines drug addiction treatment in the United States. It explores specific challenges (scientific, medical, social, and legal) to reaching the goal that treatment for drug addiction should be as accessible as treatments for diseases of the heart, liver, and lungs that often result from the use of addictive drugs. These essays, written by leaders in addiction science, medicine, and health policy, present diverse and often opposing points of view to foster thought and discussion. Publisher description.