Addiction medicine : an evidence-based handbook /

Rastegar, Darius A.

Addiction medicine : an evidence-based handbook / Darius A. Rastegar, Michael I. Fingerhood. - Philadelphia, PA : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005. - xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Addiction from a clinical perspective -- The medical interview: screening, confronting, and motivating -- Alcohol -- Sedative hypnotics -- Opioids -- Tobacco -- Cocaine and other stimulants -- Phencyclidine and hallucinogens -- Marijuana -- Inhalants: volatile organic compounds, nitrites, and anesthetics -- Anabolic steroids and athletes -- Prescription drug abuse -- Medical care for the addicted patient -- Psychiatric illness and addiction -- Special populations.

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Compulsive behavior--Treatment.
Evidence-based medicine.
Substance abuse--Treatment.
Substance-Related Disorders.
Behavior, Addictive.
Evidence-Based Medicine.
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