This overview of prescription drug abuse includes historical background, key concepts, and discussion of the prevalence of drug abuse, treatments, and policy issues implicated in ending the epidemic.
Prescription opioid medication abuse has been declared a national crisis by experts in medicine, substance use, public health, and pain management, culminating in a declaration made by the President of the United States that opioid misuse and abuse is a national health emergency. In this comprehensive text, expert scholars analyze and address a wide range of issues in, obstacles to, and potential solutions for this emergency, which caused more than 50,000 deaths in 2016 alone. It covers a variety of topics related to prescription misuse from both clinical and academic perspectives.
After an opening containing background material on the most commonly misused medications, chapters examine subgroups engaged in misuse and special medical environments where misuse issues are key. They then cover U.S. policy, perspectives outside the U.S., and theories that may explain the misuse phenomena. This book will serve as a resource for students and professionals in fields related to prescription drug abuse-including psychology, sociology, medicine, and public policy-and is accessible to individuals not trained in these fields.
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This text is appropriate for inclusion in libraries serving students in health, substance abuse, and criminal justice, particularly those seeking to promote interdisciplinary collaboration. . . Summing Up: Recommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * Choice *
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 161 mm
Dicke: 23 mm
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978-1-4408-5264-0 (9781440852640)
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Ty S. Schepis, PhD, is associate professor of psychology at Texas State University. He has been principal investigator on over $1 million in research grants from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1 Introduction
Ty S. Schepis
Chapter 2 Opioids
Gregory B. Castelli and Winfred T. Frazier
Chapter 3 Stimulants
Christian J. Teter, Marcus Zavala, and Linh Tran
Chapter 4 Benzodiazepines
Michael Weaver
Chapter 5 Misuse and Abuse of Over-the-Counter Medicines
Richard Cooper
Chapter 6 Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use in Adolescents and Young Adults
Lian-Yu Chen, Alexander S. Perlmutter, Luis Segura, Julian Santaella-Tenorio, Julia P. Schleimer, Mariel Mendez, Lilian Ghandour, Magdalena Cerda, and Silvia S. Martins
Chapter 7 Misuse of Prescription Drugs among Young Adults
Mark Pawson and Brian C. Kelly
Chapter 8 Prescription Drug Misuse in Older Adults
Yu-Ping Chang
Chapter 9 Opioids: Misuse and Guideline-Concordant Use in Pain Management
William C. Becker and Joanna L. Starrels
Chapter 10 Opioids in the Emergency Setting
Travis L. Hase and Francesca L. Beaudoin
Chapter 11 Regulation of Opioid Medications in the United States
Kenneth Kemp Jr. and Martin Grabois
Chapter 12 Promoting Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs for Population Health: Research and Policy Implications
David S. Fink, Julia P. Schleimer, Aaron Sarvet, Kiran K. Grover, Chris Delcher, June H. Kim, Alvaro Castillo-Carniglia, Ariadne E. Rivera-Aguirre, Stephen G. Henry, Magdalena Cerda, and Silvia S. Martins
Chapter 13 Harm Reduction Approaches to Opioids
Lucas Hill
Chapter 14 A Comparison of Recent Trends in Prescription Drug Misuse in the United States and the United Kingdom
Trevor Bennett, Katy Holloway, and Tom May
Chapter 15 Using Health Behavior Theory to Understand Prescription Drug Misuse
Niloofar Bavarian, Sheena Cruz, and Ty S. Schepis
Chapter 16 Understanding Nonmedical Prescription Drug Use: The Importance of Criminological Theory
Jason A. Ford and Alexis Yohros
Chapter 17 Conclusions
Ty S. Schepis
About the Editor and Contributors
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