The American Society of Addiction Medicine Handbook of Addiction Medicine

  • Rastegar D
  • Fingerhood M
N/ACitations
Citations of this article
44Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.
Get full text

Abstract

Our goal with this handbook is to provide a practical, evidence-based resource for generalists and addiction specialists. Addiction is a common medical problem and one of the leading causes of preventable morbidity and mortality worldwide. We hope that this book will help clinicians feel more comfortable with, and be more competent in, evaluating and treating their patients with substance use disorders. As primary care physicians, we have incorporated addiction treatment into our own practice, and this has provided us with a unique perspective. We have also been involved in teaching medical students and house staff about substance use disorders for many years and have found that trainees' attitude toward and comfort with treating individuals with these problems can improve with experience and positive role-modeling. We hope this experience has helped us to present this issue in a manner that is useful for other clinicians. While patients with substance use disorders are sometimes thought of as "difficult," we have found that treating these individuals is gratifying and that these patients are appreciative of clinicians who show interest in them, are knowledgeable about the treatment of their problems, and treat them with respect. This handbook is an update of our 2004 handbook, Addiction Medicine: An Evidence-Based Handbook. In writing this handbook, we have had the opportunity to improve upon the previous edition and to update the content. As with the previous edition, we have strived to make it evidence based; by this we mean that the information we present is based on primary data, whenever possible. We have conducted an extensive review of the literature for each of the topic areas covered. Furthermore, we have done our best to explicitly present our sources and to critically evaluate them. For this reason we have provided numerous references and have included additional details in the form of annotations for many of them. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2015 APA, all rights reserved)(cover)

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Rastegar, D., & Fingerhood, M. (2015). The American Society of Addiction Medicine Handbook of Addiction Medicine. The American Society of Addiction Medicine Handbook of Addiction Medicine. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190214647.001.0001

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free