Substance Abuse in Adolescents and Young Adults : : A Manual for Pediatric and Primary Care Clinicians / / ed. by Donald E. Greydanus, Gabriel Kaplan, Dilip R. Patel, Joav Merrick.

The abuse of drugs and chemicals has become a problematic public health dilemma for the world's population and one that must be dealt with by parents, societies, clinicians, researchers, and even countries in the world. This book discusses the complex neurobiology that underlies drug addiction...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]
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Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Health, Medicine and Human Development
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Physical Description:1 online resource (401 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Author Index
  • Foreword
  • Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction: Substance abuse in adolescents and young adults
  • Section I: Etiology and diagnosis
  • 2. Neurobiology of substance use disorders
  • 3. Genetic influences on substance abuse disorders
  • 4. Essential diagnostic considerations
  • Section II: Treatment
  • 5 Psychosocial treatments for substance use disorders
  • 6. General pharmacotherapy principles
  • 7. Use of pharmacological agents for smoking cessation
  • 8. Marijuana: Current concepts and conundrums
  • 9. Primary care management of alcohol use disorders of adolescents and young adults
  • 10. Opioids and prescription drugs
  • 11. Illicit stimulant abuse in adolescents and young adults
  • 12. Date rape drugs and hallucinogens
  • 13. The role of the pediatrician and primary care clinician
  • Section III: Special populations
  • 14. Substance use disorders in adolescents and young adults: Comorbidity and treatment
  • 15. Adolescent girls and substance abuse: Recent trends, risk factors, and consequences
  • 16. Prescription stimulant and other substance abuse in college students
  • 17. Sports doping by adolescent athletes
  • 18. Prenatal drug exposure: Maternal and fetal issues
  • Section IV: New challenges and policy
  • 19. New drugs of abuse in the 21st century
  • 20. Estimating the societal burden of substance abuse: Advantages and limitations of current methodologies
  • 21. The pros and cons of legalization
  • 22. Internet resources and treatment facilities
  • Section V: Acknowledgments
  • 23. About the editors
  • 24. About the Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine
  • 25. About the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel
  • 26. About the book series Health, Medicine and Human Development
  • Index