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Patients with Substance Abuse Problems
Nace, Edgar P.; Tinsley, Joyce A.
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Description for Patients with Substance Abuse Problems
Hardcover. Whether or not you are trained as an addictions specialist, you will encounter addictions issues during the course of your career. Learning how to approach these patients should lessen the anxiety that comes from not knowing how to manage their problems. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
The book is a brief and practical introduction to diagnosis and intervention with substance-abusing clients. Each chapter uses brief vignettes to illustrate concepts, and tables or figures to clarify material. Two special populations are featured in this book: those at opposite ends of the age spectrum-adolescence and late life. This book provides reasons for clinicians to be optimistic about their work with patients who abuse substances. In part, this optimism is based on improved scientific understanding of drug and alcohol dependence. Compared to the slow pace of research in the past, knowledge about the brain's role in addictive diseases has ... Read more
The book is a brief and practical introduction to diagnosis and intervention with substance-abusing clients. Each chapter uses brief vignettes to illustrate concepts, and tables or figures to clarify material. Two special populations are featured in this book: those at opposite ends of the age spectrum-adolescence and late life. This book provides reasons for clinicians to be optimistic about their work with patients who abuse substances. In part, this optimism is based on improved scientific understanding of drug and alcohol dependence. Compared to the slow pace of research in the past, knowledge about the brain's role in addictive diseases has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393705119
SKU
V9780393705119
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About Nace, Edgar P.; Tinsley, Joyce A.
Edgar P. Nace, M.D. is a Board certified psychiatrist with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry and forensic psychiatry. He is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Medical Director at Turtle Creek Manor in Dallas, and in the private practice of adult psychiatry. Joyce A. Tinsley, M.D. is a clinician in the Psychiatry ... Read more
Reviews for Patients with Substance Abuse Problems
"[C]oncise, clearly written, and practical….should have wide appeal for any professional involved in the care of addiction patients."
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Journal of Clinical Psychiatry