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Substance use disorders : a practical guide [E-book]

By:

Gitlow, Stuart

Series: Practical guides in psychiatryPublication details: Philadelphia ; London : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2007.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 328 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:

0781769981
9780781769983

Subject(s):

NLM classification:

WM 270

Online resources:

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust staff click here for online access (Athens login required)

Summary: Revised, updated, and expanded, this handbook is a quick, concise, practical guide for clinicians treating patients with addictive disease. Using the conversational style and clinical vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Gitlow describes effective strategies for the step-by-step process of intervening in a lifelong illness pattern. This edition includes new material on buprenorphine, naltrexone, and other pharmacologic treatments, nicotine cessation therapies, and pharmacologic interventions for sedative dependence, plus a new chapter on substance-induced disorders, a thoroughly rewritten prevention chapter, and expanded coverage of treatment dilemmas and legal issues. Easy-to-use appendices provide quick access to numerous new screening tools and other frequently referenced information.

Holdings
Item type	Home library	Collection	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Electronic book	South London and Maudsley Trust Library On website	LWW Psychiatry E-Book Collection	WM 270 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		Gitlow17

Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-317) and index.

Revised, updated, and expanded, this handbook is a quick, concise, practical guide for clinicians treating patients with addictive disease. Using the conversational style and clinical vignettes found in all Practical Guides in Psychiatry titles, Dr. Gitlow describes effective strategies for the step-by-step process of intervening in a lifelong illness pattern. This edition includes new material on buprenorphine, naltrexone, and other pharmacologic treatments, nicotine cessation therapies, and pharmacologic interventions for sedative dependence, plus a new chapter on substance-induced disorders, a thoroughly rewritten prevention chapter, and expanded coverage of treatment dilemmas and legal issues. Easy-to-use appendices provide quick access to numerous new screening tools and other frequently referenced information.

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