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Treating Opioid Addiction (Current Clinical Psychiatry) - Softcover

Buch 17 von 21: Current Clinical Psychiatry
 
9783030162566: Treating Opioid Addiction (Current Clinical Psychiatry)

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This book addresses opioids and opioid use disorders from epidemiological, clinical, and public health perspectives. It covers detailed information on the nature of opioids, their effects on the human body and brain, prevention, and treatment of opioid addiction.  Unlike other texts, the first section of this volume builds a strong historical, neurobiological, and phenomenological foundation for a deep understanding of the topic and the patient.  The second section addresses the most challenging issues clinicians face, including pharmacological and psychosocial treatments, harm reduction approaches, alternative approaches to pain management for the non-specialist, and prescribing guidelines.

Treating Opioid Addiction is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction medicine physicians, primary care physicians, drug addiction counselors, students, trainees, scholars, and public health officials interested in the effects and impactof opioids in the clinical and epidemiological context.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

John F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine
Harvard Medical School; Director Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Research Institute
Program Director MGH Addiction Recovery Management Service
Associate Director MGH Center for Addiction Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

 

Sarah E. Wakeman, MD
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Substance Use Disorder Initiative
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Addiction Medicine Fellowship 
Boston, MA, USA


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This book addresses opioids and opioid use disorders from epidemiological, clinical, and public health perspectives. It covers detailed information on the nature of opioids, their effects on the human body and brain, prevention, and treatment of opioid addiction.  Unlike other texts, the first section of this volume builds a strong historical, neurobiological, and phenomenological foundation for a deep understanding of the topic and the patient.  The second section addresses the most challenging issues clinicians face, including pharmacological and psychosocial treatments, harm reduction approaches, alternative approaches to pain management for the non-specialist, and prescribing guidelines.

Treating Opioid Addiction is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction medicine physicians, primary care physicians, drug addiction counselors, students, trainees, scholars, and public health officials interested in the effects and impact of opioids inthe clinical and epidemiological context.

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