Overcoming Opioid Addiction
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Overcoming Opioid Addiction
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A desperately needed, comprehensive guide to combating the opioid epidemic currently ravaging families and communities across the country - and helping loved ones get the advice, support, and treatment theyve been missing.
Drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 50, claiming more lives than the AIDS epidemic did at its peak. Opioid abuse accounts for two-thirds of these overdoses, with over 100 Americans dying from opioid overdoses every day.
Now Overcoming Opioid Addiction provides a comprehensive medical guide for opioid use disorder (OUD) sufferers, their loved ones, clinicians, and other professionals. Here is expertly presented, urgently needed information and guidance, including:
- Why treating OUD is unlike treating any other form of drug dependency
- The science that underlies addiction to opioids, and a clear analysis of why this epidemic has become so deadly
- The different stages and effective methods of treatment, including detoxification vs. maintenance medications, as well as behavioural therapies
- How to deal with relapses and how to thrive despite OUD
- Plus a chapter tailored to families with crucial, potentially life-saving information, such as how to select the best treatment programme, manage medications, and reverse an overdose.
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Overcoming Opioid Addiction is praised as an accessible, practical, and comprehensive resource for healthcare providers, patients, families, and clinicians. Experts highlight its scientific rigour and compassion, recommending it as an indispensable guide covering the causes of the epidemic, latest treatment research, and support strategies for loved ones.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781615194582
Publisher: The Experiment LLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 01 May 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: The Experiment LLC
Contributors:
- Foreword by Thomas McLellan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 155.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 364g
Pages: 304
About the Author
Adam Bisaga, MD, is an addiction psychiatrist, educator, and clinician. He is a Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, where for the past 20 years he has been conducting research to develop new medications that treat substance-use disorders. For many years, Dr. Bisaga has served as an UN expert panel member; recently, he edited the UN/WHO International Standards for the Treatment of Drug Use Disorders. Dr. Bisaga has testified in congress on combating the opioid epidemic. He lives outside NYC.
Karen Chernyaev is a published author with more than 20 years of editorial experience. She is the former editorial director of Sunrise River Press, where she acquired and edited books on mental health, nutrition, and exercise, among other topics.More from Health & Wellness
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