ASAM Patient Placement Criteria: Supplement on Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Use Disorders

Book Overview

An invaluable resource for all professionals in the addiction field, ASAM Patient Placement Criteria: Supplement on Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Use Disorders utilizes ASAM's revised patient placement criteria to provide a framework for assessing patients with alcohol use disorders and placing them in the proper treatment settings, across the full outpatient and inpatient continuum. An updated Risk Assessment Matrix allows for a more holistic, multidimensional approach that matches patients' needs to specific treatment services, emphasizing the integration of medications and psychosocial treatments. Chapters address relapse risk assessment, treatment planning, pharmacotherapies and behavioral therapies for alcohol withdrawal and relapse prevention, and discuss case examples. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0781791227
• ISBN13: 9780781791229
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.8" x 0.5" x 6.8"