Manual of Therapeutics for Addictions

by Miller, Norman S.; Gold, Mark S.; Smith, David E.

• ISBN13: 9780471561767
• ISBN10: 0471561762
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-03-28
• Publisher: John Wiley & Son

Summary

* Features contemporary topics such as managed care, minority concerns, and forensic issues

Author Biography

NORMAN S. MILLER, MD, is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Associate Professor of Neurology, and Chief of the Division for Addictions at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine.<br> <br> MARK S. GOLD, MD, is Professor at the University of Florida Brain Institute and Professor of Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Community Health and Family Medicine at the University of Florida College of Medicine.<br> <br> E. SMITH, MD, is Founder, President, and Medical Director of The Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics in California and President of the American Society of Addiction Medicine.

Table of Contents

Partial table of contents:

ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS OF INTOXICATION AND WITHDRAWAL IN ADDICTIVE DISORDERS.

Assessment and Diagnosis in Addictive Disorders (N. Miller, et al.).

Intoxication and Withdrawal from Marijuana, LSD, and MDMA (M. Gold & N. Miller).

Drug Testing (R. DuPont).

PHARMACOLOGICAL TREATMENT OF INTOXICATION AND WITHDRAWAL.

Treatment of Opiate Dependence (J. Piszczor & W. Weddington).

TREATMENT IN SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.

Treatment of Acute Emergencies (S. John).

Treatment of Comorbid Surgical Disorders (R. Littrell & G. Hyde).

Treatment of Addictive Disorders in Women (L. Miller).

Treatment of Gambling, Eating, and Sex Addictions (J. Schneider & R. Irons).

TREATMENT PRACTICES.

Treatment Management for Acute and Continuing Care (D. Angres & M. Easton).

Treatment Efficacy (N. Miller).

SPECIAL TOPICS.

Forensic and Ethical Issues (A. Daghestani).

Index.