Interventions for amphetamine misuse
By: edited by Richard Pates and Diane Riley.
Contributors: Pates, Richard.; Riley, Diane M. 1953-
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Chichester, West Sussex; Ames, Iowa
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405175586
Subjects: Amphetamine abuse; Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- therapy; Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- complications; Amphetamine-Related Disorders -- epidemiology; Amphetamines -- therapeutic use; Cross-Cultural Comparison
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Physical problems of amphetamine use / Zoe Hildrey, Alyson Smith, and Sophie E. Thomas; title: Psychological and psychiatric problems associated with amphetamine use / Richard Pates; title: The mechanisms of amphetamine in the brain / David Nutt and Jan Melichar; title: The use of methylphenidate and ATS in the treatment of ADHD / Craig Rush ... [et al.]; title: Amphetamine treatment in the UK : the role of substitute prescribing / Richard Pates; title: Amphetamine use in the USA : current models of intervention / Richard A. Rawson; title: Amphetamine use in Canada / Diane Riley; title: The growing problem of amphetamine use in Australia : how is it being treated / James Shearer; title: The "P" problem in New Zealand / Janie Sheridan and Chris Wilkins; title: Japan's long association with amphetamines : what can we learn? / Akihiko Sato; title: The switch from opiates to ATS in Thailand : problems and interventions / Anjalee Cohen and Catherine McGregor; title: Problems of amphetamine use in Eastern Europe / Jean Paul Grund ... [et al.]; title: Sweden's long experience of amphetamine problems / Kerstin Kall; title: Harm reduction with amphetamines / Diane Riley; title: Conclusions : what have we learned or is there a consensus? / Richard Pates and Diane Riley.