Opioid Use Disorder: A Holistic Guide to Assessment, Treatment, and Recovery - Softcover

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Charles Atkins, MD, is a board-certified psychiatrist, national speaker, and author of fiction and nonfiction books. His short stories and articles have appeared in publications from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) to Writer's Digest Magazine. His recent books on co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, and opioid use disorders, are used nationwide. He has written two plain-speak books on Alzheimer's disease and bipolar disorder. His first PARADE special edition magazine, The Science of Sleep, hit the stands April 2019. Dr. Atkins has served as a regional medical director for the Connecticut State Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, as well as the chief medical officer for Waterbury Hospital and Community Mental Health Affiliates. He is on the volunteer faculty at Yale University, School of Medicine and is a member of the Connecticut Alcohol and Drug Policy Council (ADPC). He also writes urban fantasy both under his own name and as Caleb James.

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Overdoses have lowered the life expectancy in the United States for two years in a row. The leading cause -- opioids. This epidemic has spread through every sector of our country, destroying lives as parents, friends, families, and those entrapped by opioids struggle to find help.

The opioid epidemic is dire, but there are answers -- and recovery is real.

Dr. Charles Atkins, well-known opioids addiction expert, brings together current research, emerging therapies, and non-drug and integrative strategies in a practical guide for both professionals and the public.

- Why a "one-size-fits-all approach" to addiction doesn't work for opioid-use disorders

- Recognizing the signs - when chronic-pain management turns into addiction

- Whole-person treatment plans to help manage cravings, cope with stress, and avoid relapse

- How Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) can save lives

- Opioids across the lifecycle from infants to older adults

- Real stories of recovery, and at times, loss