Principles of Addiction Medicine: The Essentials is a compact and portable distillation of the American Society of Addiction Medicine's flagship text, Principles of Addiction Medicine. This handbook present the clinically essential points from the larger text in an easy-to-follow outlined and bulleted format. Each chapter follows a template with structured headings such as pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic uses, effects, liability, and withdrawal. Principles of Addiction Medicine: The Essentials is an excellent reference for a wide variety of addiction medicine professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, internal medicine/primary care physicians, and substance abuse counselors.
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SECTION HEADINGS Section 1: BASIC SCIENCE AND CORE CONCEPTS Section 2: PHARMACOLOGY Section 3: DIAGNOSIS, ASSESSMENT, AND EARLY INTERVENTION Section 4: OVERVIEW OF ADDICTION TREATMENT Section 5: SPECIAL ISSUES IN ADDICTION MEDICINE Section 6: MANAGEMENT OF INTOXICATION AND WITHDRAWAL Section 7: PHARMACOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS Section 8: BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS Section 9: MUTUAL HELP, TWELVE STEP, AND OTHER RECOVERY PROGRAMS Section 10: MEDICAL DISORDERS AND COMPLICATIONS OF ADDICTION Section 11: CO-OCCURRING ADDICTION AND PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS Section 12: PAIN AND ADDICTION Section 13: CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Section 14: ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND LIABILITY ISSUES IN ADDICTION PRACTICE
