Patients with Substance Abuse Problems Effective Identification Diagnosis and Treatment

Name: Patients with Substance Abuse Problems Effective Identification Diagnosis and Treatment
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ISBN: 9780393705119

ISBN-10: 0393705110

ISBN-13: 9780393705119

Edition: 2007

Authors: Edgar P. Nace, Joyce A. Tinsley

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A clinician's manual from two leaders in the field. This book assembles general information on addictive disordershow to recognize the problem, determine its depth, diagnose correctly, and treat successfully. Unlike most books on the subject that focus on specific treatment regimens, here readers will be given general tools that they can use for all patients with possible drug or alcohol abuse.

Book details

List price: $22.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/17/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Edgar P. Nace, M.D. is a Board certified psychiatrist with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Medical Director at Turtle Creek Manor in Dallas, and in the private practice of adult psychiatry.

Joyce A. Tinsley, M.D. is a clinician in the Psychiatry Residency Program at Hartford Hospital's Institute of Living.



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Medical Overview



Facing the Challenge: Patients with Substance Abuse Problems



Addiction: A Disease of the Reward Pathway



Denial: Does the Patient Know Something Is Wrong?



Diagnostic and Treatment Issues



Steps to Identification



Diagnosis



Treatment Options



Special Topics



Substance Abuse in Adolescents



Substance Abuse in Older Adults



Smoking



Pharmacological Treatment


Glossary: Substance Abuse Word List



Office-Based Treatment of Withdrawal


References


Index