Clinical Topics in Addiction
Edited by
Ed Day
Addiction to psychoactive
substances can lead to a range of biological, psychological and
social problems, and the clinical management of these issues can
often be complex.
This book brings together
papers from the College’s popular journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, which
have been updated to give systematic, authoritative and
well-referenced accounts of over 20 key clinical topics relating to
substance misuse. It is written by practitioners with extensive
experience of managing these difficulties, and provides a handy
synthesis of clinical, research and policy issues. Taking a very
practical focus, the contents will be of use to any practitioner
who comes across a patient with an addiction, and in particular to
trainees in addiction psychiatry.
Topics covered
include:
- Gambling
- All major psychoactive substances
- Comorbidity with mental health problems
- Addiction in special populations, including
young people, pregnant women and offenders
- Psychological and pharmacological
treatments
- Addiction policy.
"Day et al have produced a
very useful guide to the assessment and treatment of such disorders
incorporating both UK and international evidence and guidance.
...The information is well presented and easily
accessible. ...I would recommend Clinical Topics in
Addiction to any clinician who has to deal with such problems;
not just for the addiction specialists, but also for other
psychiatric specialities and doctors in general practice
surgeries."
The British Journal of
Psychiatry
Contents
Foreword by Nat
Wright
Preface
1. What works in drug addiction? - Jason Luty
2. The development of
the drug treatment system in England - David Best,
Sanju
George and Ed Day
3. Stimulant use
still going strong - Nicholas Seivewright, Charles McMahon and
Paul
Egleston
4. Adverse effects of
khat: a review - Glenice Cox and Hagen Rampes
5. What the clinician
needs to know about magic mushrooms - Nicholas Seivewright
and
Olawale Lagundoye
6. What works in
alcohol use disorders? - Jason Luty
7. Management of
alcohol detoxification - Duncan Raistrick
8. Nicotine addiction
and smoking cessation treatments - Jason Luty
9. Pathological
gambling: an overview of assessment and treatment - Sanju
George and
Vijaya Murali
10. Use of
investigations in the diagnosis and management of alcohol use
disorders - Colin
Drummond, Hamid Ghodse and Sanjoo
Chengappa
11. Laboratory
investigations for assessment and management of drug problems -
Kim Wolff,
Sarah Welch and John Strang
12. Pharmacotherapy
in dual diagnosis - Ilana B. Crome and Tracey Myton
13. Dual diagnosis:
management within a psychosocial context - Mohammed T.
Abou-Saleh
14. Treating
depression complicated by substance misuse - Claire McIntosh
and Bruce Ritson
15. Treating anxiety
complicated by substance misuse - Anne Lingford-Hughes, John
Potokar
and David Nutt
16. An overview of
psychological interventions for addictive behaviours - Adam
Huxley and
Alex Copello
17. Motivational
interviewing - Janet Treasure
18. Substance misuse
in adolescents - Harith Swadi and Sangeeta Ambegaokar
19. Management of
drug misuse in pregnancy - Ed Day and Sanju George
20. Intoxication and
legal defences - Quazi Haque and Ian Cumming
21. Substance misuse
and violence: the scope and limitations of forensic psychiatry’s
role -
Peter Snowden
22. Literary and
biographical perspectives on substance use - Ed Day and Iain
Smith
Index