The Assessment and Treatment of Addiction: Best Practices and New Frontiers

By Itai Danovitch and Larissa Mooney

Get a quick, expert overview of all types of addiction - from substance use disorders to behavioral addictions and more. This practical resource presents a focused summary of today's current knowledge on topics of interest to all health care professionals who work with those who suffer from this wide-ranging problem. It provides current, relevant information on emerging findings, best practices, and treatment challenges, covering a variety of assessment and treatment strategies and making it a one-stop resource for staying up to date in this critical area.

Discusses precision health in addiction; the latest trend of electronic cigarettes; state-of-the-art treatments for opioid use disorder and cannabis use disorder; best practices for chronic pain; prevention among adolescents; the role of physicians in the prescription drug epidemic; and the role of integrative interventions in addiction treatment. Includes coverage of behavioral addictions such as internet, sex, and gambling; food addiction; PTSD and substance use disorders; preventing relapse; the neurobiology of addiction; and more. Consolidates today's available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0323548563
• ISBN13: 9780323548564
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.7" x 9.3"