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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822186503321

Autore

Seivewright Nicholas

Titolo

Community treatment of drug misuse : more than methadone / / Nicholas Seivewright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, : Cambridge University Press, 2000

ISBN

0-511-30294-0

0-511-00979-8

1-280-15799-2

9786610157990

0-511-11673-X

0-511-14918-2

0-511-54426-X

0-511-05423-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xvi, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in Social and Community Psychiatry

Disciplina

616.86/06

Soggetti

Drug addiction - Treatment

Drug abuse - Treatment

Methadone maintenance

Drug addicts - Services for

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-240) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: community treatment in context; 1 Methadone maintenance: a medical treatment for social reasons?; 2 More than methadone? The case for other substitute drugs; 3 Achieving detoxification and abstinence; 4 Treatment of nonopiate misuse; 5 Community drug services; 6 Treatment of drug misuse in primary care; 7 Balancing security and accessibility; 8 Dual diagnosis - drug misuse and psychiatric disorder; Epilogue: Future directions; Appendix 1: Protocols for quick detoxification from heroin

Appendix 2: Opioid equivalent dosagesGlossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Treatment for drug misuse has been dominated in recent years by the use of methadone as a substitution agent in heroin dependency. This



approach has had considerable success, but as a result other treatment options have been neglected. This book draws on the author's direct clinical experience and makes use of international research findings to provide a comprehensive and detailed guide to service provision and treatment for drug misuse, including methadone and alternative opiate substitutes, detoxification methods, naltrexone and relapse prevention, and possible approaches with non-opiate users. There is a particular emphasis on social factors in drug misuse and dependency, and the consequent treatment issues and practical difficulties, and case studies are used throughout. Combining a highly practical approach with a strong research base, this book will be an essential resource for psychiatrists and other professionals involved in the management of drug misuse.