Addiction Medicine - 9780323754408

Addiction MedicineScience and Practice\nAuthor(s): Bankole Johnson\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Elsevier - Health Sciences Division, United States\nImprint: Saunders\nISBN-13: 9780323754408, 978-0323754408\nSynopsis\nIntegrating scientific knowledge with today's most effective treatment options, Addiction Medicine: Science and Practice, 2nd Edition, provides a wealth of information on addictions to substances and behavioral addictions. It discusses the concrete research on how the brain and body are affected by addictions, improving your understanding of how patients develop addictions and how best to personalize treatment and improve outcomes. This essential text is ideal for anyone who deals with patients with addictions in clinical practice, including psychiatrists, health psychologists, pharmacologists, social workers, drug counselors, trainees, and general physicians/family practitioners.\n\n Clearly explains the role of brain function in drug taking and other habit-forming beh.