Substance Use Disorders: A Practical GuideLippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001 M01 1 - 261 pages This handbook in the new Practical Guides in Psychiatry series is designed for residents and clinicians treating patients with substance use problems. In lean and engaging prose, peppered with many clinical vignettes, Dr. Gitlow describes effective strategies and offers advice on topics such as the doctor-patient relationship, liability concerns, managed care demands, and medical ethics.The first section explains general clinical principles and describes various diagnostic approaches. The second section addresses problems particular to specific substances, while the third discusses global issues surrounding patient care and treatment. Appendices contain information that clinicians need to access quickly. |
Contents
Substance Disorders An Initial Approach | 2 |
Diagnostic Approaches | 8 |
Diagnostic Scenarios | 22 |
The CAGE and Other Screening Techniques | 28 |
The First Interview | 35 |
Outpatient Logistics | 49 |
Laboratory Studies | 57 |
SUBSTANCE REVIEW | 67 |
SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT | 163 |
Treatment Settings | 164 |
TwelveStep Programs | 170 |
Relapse Prevention | 178 |
Who Treats Substance Use? | 185 |
Treatment Dilemmas | 189 |
Patient Placement Criteria | 196 |
Legal Issues | 207 |
Alcohol | 68 |
Other Sedatives | 82 |
Sedative Detoxification | 91 |
Medications During Sedative Recovery | 102 |
Nicotine | 112 |
Stimulants | 119 |
OpiatesOpioids | 128 |
Opioid Detoxification | 136 |
Opioid Maintenance Programs | 141 |
Marijuana | 145 |
LSD | 151 |
The Club Drugs and Inhalants | 156 |
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