
Drug Abuse Treatment
Ronald Ross Watson(Editor)
Humana Press Inc.
Published on 23. October 1992
Book
Hardback
220 pages
978-0-89603-233-0 (ISBN)
Description
Drug Abuse Treatment, together with its companion volume, Alcohol Abuse Treatment, critically examines the many difficult issues and complex strategies associated with the successful treatment of substance abuse today. Because of the high cost in lives, health, and dollars, the need for improved tech-niques and strategies for the treatment and reduction of substance abuse has become a critical national priority. In this volume of Drug & Alcohol Abuse Reviews, Ronald R. Watson and key researchers in the field of drug abuse treatment evaluate both old and new methods, carefully reviewing current data to determine the value of the most important treatment programs in current use.
Featured topics include: cocaine and heroin addiction treatment relapse problems and treatment nicotine abuse treatment strategy for drug treatment systems psychological correlates of drug abuse outpatient drug abuse treatment pharmacotherapy for drug abuse Drug Abuse Treatment and its complementary volume on Alcohol Abuse Treatment together offer a thorough review and analysis of drug and alcohol abuse treatment options, providing researchers and clinicians with a valuable framework for understanding, planning, and delivering the effective substance abuse treatment that is so urgently needed now.
Featured topics include: cocaine and heroin addiction treatment relapse problems and treatment nicotine abuse treatment strategy for drug treatment systems psychological correlates of drug abuse outpatient drug abuse treatment pharmacotherapy for drug abuse Drug Abuse Treatment and its complementary volume on Alcohol Abuse Treatment together offer a thorough review and analysis of drug and alcohol abuse treatment options, providing researchers and clinicians with a valuable framework for understanding, planning, and delivering the effective substance abuse treatment that is so urgently needed now.
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...a compendium of successful, current, well-written, and well-referenced...articles.-Contemporary PsychologyMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Totowa, NJ
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
500 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-89603-233-0 (9780896032330)
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Content
Drug Abuse Treatment. The Organization and Impact of Outpatient Drug Abuse Treatment Services. Development of an Information Strategy for the Drug Treatment System. Substance Abuse Relapse: Theory and Clinical Application. Charting the Psychological Correlates of Drug Abuse. Treatment of Nicotine Dependence in Substance Use Disorder Patients. Buprenophine for Opioid and Cocaine Dependence. Carbamazepine in the Treatment of Cocaine-Induced Disorders: Clinical and Mechanistic Implications. Relapse Prevention for the Cocaine and Crack Dependent: An Essential Treatment Component. Index.