Clinical Topics in Addiction
Edited by Ed Day
Addiction to psychoactive substances can lead
to a range of biological, psychological and social problems, and
the clinical management of these issues can often be complex.
This book brings together papers from the
College’s popular journal Advances in
Psychiatric Treatment, which have been updated to give
systematic, authoritative and well-referenced accounts of over 20
key clinical topics relating to substance misuse. It is written by
practitioners with extensive experience of managing these
difficulties, and provides a handy synthesis of clinical, research
and policy issues. Taking a very practical focus, the contents will
be of use to any practitioner who comes across a patient with an
addiction, and in particular to trainees in addiction
psychiatry.
Topics covered include:
- Gambling
- All major psychoactive substances
- Comorbidity with mental health problems
- Addiction in special populations, including
young people, pregnant women and offenders
- Psychological and pharmacological
treatments
- Addiction policy.
"Day et al have produced a very useful guide to the
assessment and treatment of such disorders incorporating both UK
and international evidence and guidance. ...The information is well
presented and easily accessible. ...I would recommend
Clinical Topics in Addiction to any clinician who has to
deal with such problems; not just for the addiction specialists,
but also for other psychiatric specialities and doctors in general
practice surgeries."
The British Journal of Psychiatry
Contents
Foreword by Nat Wright
Preface
- What works in drug addiction? -
Jason Luty
- The development of the drug treatment
system in England - David Best, Sanju George and Ed
Day
- Stimulant use still going strong -
Nicholas Seivewright, Charles McMahon and Paul
Egleston
- Adverse effects of khat: a review -
Glenice Cox and Hagen Rampes
- What the clinician needs to know about
magic mushrooms - Nicholas Seivewright and Olawale
Lagundoye
- What works in alcohol use disorders? -
Jason Luty
- Management of alcohol detoxification -
Duncan Raistrick
- Nicotine addiction and smoking
cessation treatments - Jason Luty
- Pathological gambling: an overview of
assessment and treatment - Sanju George and Vijaya
Murali
- Use of investigations in the diagnosis
and management of alcohol use disorders - Colin Drummond, Hamid
Ghodse and Sanjoo Chengappa
- Laboratory investigations for
assessment and management of drug problems - Kim Wolff, Sarah
Welch and John Strang
- Pharmacotherapy in dual diagnosis -
Ilana B. Crome and Tracey Myton
- Dual diagnosis: management within a
psychosocial context - Mohammed T. Abou-Saleh
- Treating depression complicated by
substance misuse - Claire McIntosh and Bruce Ritson
- Treating anxiety complicated by
substance misuse - Anne Lingford-Hughes, John Potokar and David
Nutt
- An overview of psychological
interventions for addictive behaviours - Adam Huxley and Alex
Copello
- Motivational interviewing - Janet
Treasure
- Substance misuse in adolescents -
Harith Swadi and Sangeeta Ambegaokar
- Management of drug misuse in pregnancy
- Ed Day and Sanju George
- Intoxication and legal defences -
Quazi Haque and Ian Cumming
- Substance misuse and violence: the
scope and limitations of forensic psychiatry’s role - Peter
Snowden
- Literary and biographical perspectives
on substance use - Ed Day and Iain Smith
Index