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The assessment and treatment of addiction: best practices and new frontiers / Itai Danovitch, Larissa Mooney.

Contributor(s): Danovitch, Itai | Mooney, Larissa J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: St. Louis. MO. Elsevier 2018Description: 252 p.: ill.ISBN: 9780323548564.Subject(s): Drug addiction -- Treatment | Compulsive behavior -- Treatment | Compulsive behavior -- Patients -- RehabilitationDDC classification: 616.8606 ASS
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Get a quick, expert overview of all types of addiction - from substance use disorders to behavioral addictions and more. This practical resource presents a focused summary of today's current knowledge on topics of interest to all health care professionals who work with those who suffer from this wide-ranging problem. It provides current, relevant information on emerging findings, best practices, and treatment challenges, covering a variety of assessment and treatment strategies and making it a one-stop resource for staying up to date in this critical area.

Discusses precision health in addiction; the latest trend of electronic cigarettes; state-of-the-art treatments for opioid use disorder and cannabis use disorder; best practices for chronic pain; prevention among adolescents; the role of physicians in the prescription drug epidemic; and the role of integrative interventions in addiction treatment. Includes coverage of behavioral addictions such as internet, sex, and gambling; food addiction; PTSD and substance use disorders; preventing relapse; the neurobiology of addiction; and more. Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Section I Emerging Findings
  • 1 Neurochemical Imaging in Addiction: How Science Informs Practice (p. 1)
  • 2 The Role of Nutrition in Addiction Recovery: What We Know and What We Don't (p. 21)
  • 3 E-Cigarettes (p. 43)
  • 4 The Neuropsychoendocrinology of Substance Use Disorders (p. 57)
  • 5 Technological Innovations in Addiction Treatment (p. 75)
  • Section II Best Practices
  • 6 State-of-The-Art Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (p. 91)
  • 7 The Treatment of Cannabis Use Disorder (p. 105)
  • 8 State-of-the-Art Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder (p. 123)
  • 9 Applying Best Practice Guidelines on Chronic Pain in Clinical Practice-Treating Patients Who Suffer From Pain and Addiction (p. 137)
  • Section III Treatment Challenges
  • 10 Evidence-based Behavioral Treatments for Substance Use Disorders (p. 157)
  • 11 Substance Use in Adolescents Chapter (p. 167)
  • 12 How Healers Became Dealers (p. 179)
  • 13 Trauma and Addiction-How to Treat Co-occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders (p. 189)
  • 14 When Food Is an Addiction (p. 197)
  • 15 Quality, Accountability, and Effectiveness in Addiction Treatment: The Measurement-Based Practice Model (p. 207)
  • 16 Functional Assessment and Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders (p. 219)
  • Index (p. 233)