• Dual Diagnosis and Psychiatric Treatment: Substance Abuse and Comorbid Disorders

Dual Diagnosis and Psychiatric Treatment: Substance Abuse and Comorbid Disorders

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This useful resource furnishes scientific and methodological bases for the appropriate and effective clinical care of the dually diagnosed patient, addressing and elucidating the epidemiology, genetics, diagnosis, and management of coexisting substance-use, psychiatric, and medical disorders in a systematic fashion;as well as serving the needs of clinical investigators by emphasizing issues that warrant further empirical study. Furnishes unique discussions on the comorbidity of substance abuse;including nicotine dependence;with attention deficit disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder, cognitive impairment, and AIDS! Suggesting ways of assuaging the specific management demands of patients with comorbid disorders, Dual Diagnosis and Treatment examines separately the interplay of relationships between mood symptoms, anxiety, alcohol dependence, and drug abuse;considering the challenges posed in differential diagnosis highlights the complexity in treating individuals with "triple diagnoses" of substance-use and psychiatric disorders and HIV infection;focusing on injection-drug users as well as revealing directions for future research covers medical problems directly associated with drug abuse and their routes of administration;reviewing conditions from renal failure, neutropenia, and cardiomyopathy to ischemia, spontaneous abortion, and sexually transmitted diseases and more! Containing over 2250 references, tables, and drawings, this timely volume is highly informative for addiction psychiatrists, neuropsychopharmacologists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and graduate and medical school students in these disciplines.

  • Publisher: CRC Press
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 608
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Edition: 1
  • Published: 1997-11-24
  • Dimensions: Height: 9.5 Inches, Length: 1.25 Inches, Weight: 1.99959271634 Pounds, Width: 6.5 Inches
  • Estimated Delivery: Jan 7, 2026
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