Seminars in alcohol and drug misuse / edited by Jonathan Chick & Roch Cantwell.
Material type: TextSeries: College seminars series | College seminars seriesPublication details: London : Gaskell, c1994.Description: x,246pISBN:- 9780902241701 (pbk) :
- 9780902241701
- 362.29 CHI
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Short Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending | 362.29 CHI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205058 |
Published for the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Dependence - concepts and definition; illicit drug use - aetiology, epidemiology and prevention; illicit drug use - clinical features and treatment ; dependence on prescribed and socially tolerated substances; epidemiology and primary prevention of alcohol misuse; aetiology of alcohol misuse; alcohol misuse - clinical features and treatment; the cognitive-behavioural approach to the management of addictive behaviour; psychiatric syndromes associated with drug and alcohol misuse; medical aspects of drug and alcohol misuse; organizing treatment services for drug and alcohol misusers.
Reviews the psychiatric complications of alcohol and drug misuse, with guidelines for their recognition and treatment by clinicians. Topics covered include: concepts and definitions of dependence; illicit drug use; aetiology of alcohol misuse; and medical aspects of drug and alcohol misuse.