Substance Abuse: Inpatient and Outpatient Management for Every Clinician

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Definition and Demographics of Addiction....Pages 1-15
Legal Issues....Pages 17-22
Signs and Symptoms of Substance Abuse....Pages 23-31
Speaking with Your Patient about the Problem....Pages 33-42
Screening and Assessment for Substance Abuse....Pages 43-52
Assessment of Pain....Pages 53-62
Food and Abuse....Pages 63-76
Alcohol Dependence Syndrome....Pages 77-88
Tobacco....Pages 89-107
The Abuse of Agents Used to Induce or Maintain General Anesthesia: Intravenous Hypnotics and the Halogenated Hydrocarbons....Pages 109-125
Prescription Drug Abuse....Pages 127-141
Cocaine Abuse....Pages 143-154
Management of Acute and Chronic Drug Abuse of Amphetamines....Pages 155-164
Herbal Supplements and Abuse....Pages 165-178
Opioids and Substance Abuse....Pages 179-192
The Multidisciplinary Approach to the Management of Substance Abuse....Pages 193-207
Evidence-Based Treatments for Substance Use Disorders....Pages 209-227
Nursing Perspectives in Managing Patients with Substance Abuse....Pages 229-248
The Role of the Social Worker....Pages 249-263
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the Opioid Addicted Patient....Pages 265-289
Appropriate Dispensing of Prescription Medications and Recognition of Substance Abuse: The Pharmacist’s Perspective....Pages 291-300
Methadone: Uses, Abuses, and Metabolism....Pages 301-310
Buprenorphine for Pain and Opioid Dependence....Pages 311-318
Opioid-Sparing Drugs (Ketamine, Gabapentin, Pregabalin, and Clonidine)....Pages 319-330
Substance Abuse Recovery Groups....Pages 331-336
Relaxation Techniques....Pages 337-347
Acupuncture as a Treatment for Substance Abuse in Pediatric Patients....Pages 349-357
Neurostimulation and Drug Abuse....Pages 359-367
Hypnosis for Substance Abuse....Pages 369-378
Postoperative Pain Control in Drug Abusing Patients....Pages 379-387
Management of the Drug Abusing Patient in the ICU....Pages 389-406
Chronic Pain Patients and Substance Abuse....Pages 407-427
Management of Acute Pain....Pages 429-444
Pediatric Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse....Pages 445-452
Pregnancy and Substance Abuse....Pages 453-494
Substance Abuse in the Elderly....Pages 495-501
Substance Abuse Among Healthcare Professionals....Pages 503-513
Podiatric Problems and Management in Patients with Substance Abuse....Pages 515-536
Substance Abuse and Respiratory Disease....Pages 537-548
Medically Supervised Withdrawal for Opioid Dependence....Pages 549-566
Pain, Addiction, Depression (PAD): Assessment of Pain and Addiction, the Neurobiology of Pain....Pages 567-592
Between Social Welfare and Public Health: Substance Abuse and Co-occurring Disability....Pages 593-602
Effects of Substance Abuse on the Cardiovascular System and Its Management....Pages 603-617
The Face of Addiction....Pages 619-620
Drug Testing and Adherence Monitoring in Substance Abuse Patients....Pages 621-631
Back Matter....Pages 633-658