Addiction medicine : principles and practice / edited by Paul Haber, Carolyn Day and Michael Farrell.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 14, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- About the editors -- About the authors -- Section 1 Principles -- Chapter 1 The history of psychoactive substance use and problems andof social responses to them -- Chapter 2 The epidemiology of tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug useand their contribution to the burden of disease -- Chapter 3 Behavioural science and addiction -- Chapter 4 Public health responses to drug and alcohol use -- Chapter 5 Legal framework -- Chapter 6 Ethical issues in addiction medicine and bioscience -- Chapter 7 Pathways of care -- Chapter 8 Substance use in global context: drugs and conflict -- Section 2 Clinical and Other Core Skills -- Chapter 9 Clinical assessment -- Chapter 10 Therapeutic relationship -- Chapter 11 Dancing in step -- using psychological interventionsthroughout substance use disorder treatment -- Chapter 12 Screening and brief interventions -- Chapter 13 Drug testing and biomarkers of alcohol consumption -- Chapter 14 Responsible prescribing -- Chapter 15 Medico-legal assessment and report writingin addiction medicine -- Section 3 Common Clinical Issues -- Chapter 16 Intoxication and overdose -- Chapter 17 Withdrawal -- Chapter 18 Mental health comorbidities -- Chapter 19 Physical comorbidities -- Chapter 20 Pain management and pharmaceutical opioids -- Chapter 21 Pregnancy, infant, and parenting -- Section 4 Substance Specifics -- Chapter 22 Tobacco -- Chapter 23 Alcohol Use Disorders -- Chapter 24 Opioids -- Chapter 25 Cannabis -- Chapter 26 Stimulants, hallucinogens, and related drugs -- Chapter 27 Benzodiazepines -- Chapter 28 Volatile substance use -- Section 5 Special Populations -- Chapter 29 Men and drugs -- Chapter 30 Women and drugs -- Chapter 31 Adolescents -- Chapter 32 There's a tear in my beer: issues for the older patient withalcohol and substance abuse.

Chapter 33 Drugs, alcohol, and prisoners -- Chapter 34 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians -- Chapter 35 Culturally and linguistically diverse groups -- Chapter 36 People who inject drugs -- Index -- Back Cover.

Among Australians use of alcohol and other drugs is almost ubiquitous and results in 13% of total morbidity, but clinicians generally receive limited training in diagnosis and management of substance-use disorders. Written by clinical and academic specialists in their fields, and providing a comprehensive overview of the principles and practice of addiction medicine, this textbook will facilitate such training.The book's 36 chapters, by 62 specialist contributors, are organised into 5 sections.In Section 1, how substance use can be understood and core principles of management of substance-use disorders are outlined.In Section 2, the clinical and other core skills required for practice are described: clinical assessment, therapeutic relationship, psychological interventions, screening and brief interventions, drug testing and biomarkers of consumption, responsible prescribing, and medico-legal assessment and report-writing.In Section 3, common clinical issues - intoxication and overdose, withdrawal, comorbidities, and pain management and pharmaceutical opioids - are described.Section 4, the largest section, is devoted to consideration of specific substances, legal, illegal, and emerging: tobacco, alcohol, opioids, cannabis, stimulants, hallucinogens, benzodiazepines, and volatile substances. The focus of Section 5 is special populations, adolescents, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, injecting-drug users, and others.With new clinical syndromes arising from synthesis of new substances, and with new approaches to treatment being developed, addiction medicine is a rapidly-evolving field. The book is designed to meet the specific needs of a young graduate who is starting a clinical rotation in a drug and alcohol unit. Medical students and junior medical officers will find the book valuable, as will other health professionals who care for people.

With substance-use problems in drug and alcohol services, nurses, counsellors, and welfare/social workers.

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