Alcohol and drug misuse : a cochrane handbook / Iosief Abraha, Cristina Cusi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abraha, Iosief.

Contributor:

Cusi, Cristina.

Cochrane Collaboration.

Series:

Cochrane book series.

Cochrane handbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Substance abuse.

Alcoholism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (170 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Addiction to drugs and alcohol is an increasing problem that all clinicians have to deal with. This Cochrane Handbook of Alcohol and Drug Misuse serves as a concise guide to the evidence base for relevant interventions, highlighting the key points of Cochrane reviews for the busy practitioner. It covers a wide range of pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for opioid, alcohol, cocaine and other stimulant and drug misuse, offering comprehensive coverage of interventions for drug and alcohol addiction.

Contents:

Alcohol and Drug Misuse: A Cochrane Handbook; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part 1: Alcohol; Psychosocial interventions; Chapter 1: Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations; Chapter 2: Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards; Chapter 3: Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programmes for alcohol dependence; Chapter 4: Mentoring adolescents to prevent substance use disorders; Chapter 5: Universal school-based prevention programmes for alcohol misuse in young people

Chapter 6: Universal multicomponent prevention programmes for alcohol misuse in young peopleChapter 7: Universal family-based prevention programmes for alcohol misuse in young people; Chapter 8: Social norms interventions to reduce alcohol misuse in university or college students; Chapter 9: Psychosocial interventions for women enrolled in alcohol treatment during pregnancy; Pharmacological interventions; Chapter 10: Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal; Chapter 11: Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal; Chapter 12: Acamprosate for alcohol dependence

Chapter 13: Baclofen for alcohol withdrawalChapter 14: Gamma-hydroxybutyrate for treatment of alcohol withdrawal and prevention of relapse; Chapter 15: Psychotropic analgesic nitrous oxide for alcohol withdrawal; Chapter 16: Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal; Chapter 17: Opioid antagonists for alcohol dependence; Chapter 18: Pharmacologic interventions for pregnant women enrolled in alcohol treatment; Part 2: Drugs; Psychosocial interventions; Chapter 19: School-based prevention for illicit substance use disorders

Chapter 20: Interventions for prevention of substance use disorders by young people delivered in non-school settingsChapter 21: Case management for persons with substance use disorders; Chapter 22: Motivational interviewing for substance use disorders; Chapter 23: Therapeutic communities for substance use disorders; Chapter 24: Interventions for drugusing offenders in the courts, secure establishments and the community; Chapter 25: Psychosocial interventions for pregnant women in outpatient illicit drug treatment programmes compared to other interventions; Cocaine dependence

Chapter 26: Psychosocial interventions for cocaine and psychostimulant amphetamine related disordersChapter 27: Antidepressants for cocaine dependence; Chapter 28: Antipsychotic medications for cocaine dependence; Chapter 29: Anticonvulsants for cocaine dependence; Chapter 30: Dopamine agonists for cocaine dependence; Chapter 31: Disulfiram for the treatment of cocaine dependence; Chapter 32: Efficacy of psychostimulant drugs for cocaine dependence; Chapter 33: Auricular acupuncture for cocaine dependence; Opioid dependence; Chapter 34: Psychosocial treatment for opiate dependence

Chapter 35: Psychosocial and pharmacological treatments versus pharmacological treatments for opioid detoxification

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613886620

9781118454480

1118454480

9781283574174

1283574179

9781118454503

1118454502

9781118454473

1118454472

OCLC:

818812025