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The prescription drug abuse epidemic : incidence, treatment, prevention, and policy / Ty S. Schepis, PhD, editor.
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- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medication abuse--United States.
- Medication abuse.
- Drug abuse--Political aspects.
- Drug abuse.
- Opioid abuse.
- United States.
- Opioid abuse--United States.
- Drug abuse--United States.
- Drug abuse--Treatment--United States.
- Drug abuse--Treatment.
- Drug abuse--Political aspects--United States.
- Substance-Related Disorders.
- Prescription Drug Misuse.
- Medical Subjects:
- Substance-Related Disorders.
- Prescription Drug Misuse.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 322 pages.)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Introduction / Ty S. Schepis
- Opioids / Gregory B. Castelli and Winfred T. Frazier
- Stimulants / Christian J. Teter, Marcus Zavala, and Linh Tran
- Benzodiazepines / Michael Weaver
- Misuse and abuse of over-the-counter medicines / Richard Cooper
- Nonmedical prescription drug use in adolescents and young adults / Lian-Yu Chen, Alexander S. Perlmutter, Luis Segura, and [others]
- Misuse of prescription drugs among young adults / Mark Pawson and Brian C. Kelly
- Prescription drug misuse in older adults / Yu-Ping Chang
- Opioids: misuse and guideline-concordant use in pain management / William C. Becker and Joanna L. Starrels
- Opioids in the emergency setting / Travis L. Hase and Francesca L. Beaudoin
- Regulation of opioid medications in the United States / Kenneth Kemp Jr. and Martin Grabois
- Promoing prescription drug monitoring programs for population health: research and policy implications / David S. Fink, Julia P. Schleimer, Aaron Sarvet, and [others]
- Harm reduction approaches to opioids / Lucas Hill
- A comparison of recent trends in prescription drug misuse in the United States and the United Kingdom / Trevor Bennett, Katy Holloway, and Tom May
- Using health behavior theory to understand prescription drug misuse / Niloofar Bavarian, Sheena Cruz, and Ty S. Schepis
- Understanding nonmedical prescription drug use: the importance of criminological theory / Jason A. Ford and Alexis Yohros
- Conclusions / Ty S. Schepis.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Frances Houston Medical Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Prescription drug abuse epidemic.
- ISBN:
- 9781440852657
- 1440852650
- Publisher Number:
- 99977359828
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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