Research Catalog

Title

Comprehensive handbook of drug and alcohol addiction / edited by Norman S. Miller.

Publication

New York : Dekker, ©1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Miller, Norman S.

Description

xx, 1330 pages : illustrations; 27 cm

Summary

Drugs discussed include benzodiazepine, cocaine, marijuana, phencyclidine, amphetamines, nicotine, hallucinogens, sedatives-hypnotics, anabolic-androgenic steroids, methadone, and ophioids. Also discusses drug and alcohol effects on pregnancy and the newborn, women, alcohol and drugs, alcohol and drug addiction in the elderly, eating disorders and drug and alcohol addiction, drug and alcohol addiction and AIDS, suicide in drug and alcohol addiction, drug and alcohol use and addiction among physicians, and gambling problems in alcoholics and drug addicts.

Subject

• Substance abuse
• Alcoholism
• Drugs of abuse
• Narcotics
• Drug abuse
• Drug addiction
• Ethanol
• Narcotics
• Substance-Related Disorders
• Alcoholism
• substance abuse
• alcoholism
• drug addiction
• drug abuse
• Drugs of abuse
• Drug addiction
• Drug abuse
• Substance abuse
• Alkoholismus
• Drogenabhängigkeit
• Rauschgift

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Prevalence and patterns of use -- Special populations -- Adolescents -- Diagnosis -- Pharmacology of drugs/alcohol -- Medical implications -- Behavior -- Psychiatric implications -- Genetics -- Neurochemistry -- Education -- Laboratory testing for drugs -- Family -- Special topics -- Emergencies -- Prevention -- Interventions -- Pharmacological treatments -- Treatment outcome -- Outpatient treatment -- Inpatient treatment -- Long-term treatment -- Interactions between drugs/alcohol and brain/behavior.

ISBN

• 082478474X
• 9780824784744

LCCN

91009457

OCLC

• ocm23179165
• 23179165
• SCSB-1930542

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library