The Assessment and Treatment of Addiction: Best Practices and New Frontiers

Get a quick, expert overview of all types of addiction – from addiction and substance use disorders to behavioral addictions and more. This practical resource presents a focused summary of today’s current knowledge on topics of interest to all health care professionals who work with those who suffer from this wide-ranging problem. It provides current, relevant information on emerging findings, best practices, and treatment challenges, covering a variety of assessment and treatment strategies and making it a one-stop resource for staying up to date in this critical area.

• Discusses precision health in addiction; the latest trend of electronic cigarettes; state-of-the-art treatments for opioid addiction and cannabis addiction; best practices for chronic pain; prevention among adolescents; the role of physicians in the prescription drug epidemic; and the role of integrative interventions in substance use treatment.
• Includes coverage of behavioral addictions such as internet, sex, and gambling; food addiction; PTSD and substance use disorders; preventing relapse; the neurobiology of addiction; and more.
• Consolidates today’s available information on this timely topic into one convenient resource.