Ghodse''s Drugs and Addictive Behaviour - A Guide to Treatment

Informationen zum Autor Hamid Ghodse CBE is President of the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board and Professor and Director of Psychiatry at the International Centre for Drug Policy, St George's, University of London, UK. Klappentext The fourth edition of a classic text providing a comprehensive overview of substance misuse and dependence. Zusammenfassung Now in its fourth edition! this classic text provides a comprehensive overview of substance misuse and dependence! with an emphasis on practical approaches to the assessment and management of a wide range of drug-related problems. This book is relevant to medical students! nurses! psychiatrists! physicians and public health specialists. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; 1. Drugs, addiction and behaviour; 2. The global drug problem - international perspectives; 3. Drugs of abuse and dependence; 4. Alcohol; 5. Tobacco use and addiction; 6. Assessment; 7. General measures of intervention; 8. Specific methods of treatment; 9. Complications of drug abuse and their treatment; 10. Special problems; 11. Follow-up and treatment outcome; 12. Prevention of drug abuse; 13. The law and drug-control policies; References and further reading; Appendices; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Hamid Ghodse, Hamid (St George''s Hospital Medical Schoo Ghodse, Hamid (St George's Hospital Medical School Ghodse
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.02.2010
• EAN: 9780521898829
• ISBN: 978-0-521-89882-9
• No. of pages: 390
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; MEDICAL / Mental Health, Psychiatry, Addiction & therapy, Clinical psychology, Addiction and therapy