Addiction medicine
Subtitle: an evidence-based handbook
By: Darius A. Rastegar, Michael I. Fingerhood.
Contributors: Fingerhood, Michael I., 1960-
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
Subjects: Substance abuse -- Treatment; Compulsive behavior -- Treatment; Evidence-based medicine; Substance-Related Disorders; Behavior, Addictive; Evidence-Based Medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Addiction from a clinical perspective; title: The medical interview: screening, confronting, and motivating; title: Alcohol; title: Sedative hypnotics; title: Opioids; title: Tobacco; title: Cocaine and other stimulants; title: Phencyclidine and hallucinogens; title: Marijuana; title: Inhalants: volatile organic compounds, nitrites, and anesthetics; title: Anabolic steroids and athletes; title: Prescription drug abuse; title: Medical care for the addicted patient; title: Psychiatric illness and addiction; title: Special populations.