Treating Opiate Dependency

By Hazelden Foundation, David E. Smith, David Smith

DRUG FREE TREATMENT, DETOXIFICATION;'RELAPSE This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0894866044
• ISBN13: 9780894866043
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Hazelden
• Weight: 0.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Treating Opiate Dependency

Moving beyond the stereotypical image of the unemployed, criminal heoin addict, this valuable reference book indentifies the expanding parameters of opiate abuse and addiction. Thoroughly examined in these pages are the dangers of chemicals diverted from pharmacy shelves to street dealers; misused prescription painkillers; and an overview of methadone maintainance programs, their history, and possible future growth. Drs. David E. Smith, Donald R. Wesson, and Donald J. Tusel bring to this book extensive clinical treatment experience and research knowledge gained through their work in the Haight-Asbury Free Medical Clinics, the University of California at San Francisco, The Merritt Peralta Chemical Dependency Recovery Hospital, and the Substance Abuse Clinic at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Medical Center. Their expertise is easily accessible to all medical and chemical dependency professionals in chapters on: * Assessment techniques * Detoxification considerations * Narcotic antagonist, naltrexone, treatment * Drug-free treatment vs. methadone treatment * Relapse, relapse prevention, and recovery --- from book's back cover