Alcohol and Drug Misuse E-Book

Iosief Abraha

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: CBS - Cochrane Book Series
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 184

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2012

Beschreibung

There is constant pressure for clinicians to practise evidence-based medicine.  Cochrane Reviews are an important source of the evidence which informs clinical decisions but can still require considerable time to read and digest.  This Cochrane Handbook of Alcohol and Drug Misuse serves as a concise guide to the evidence base for relevant interventions, highlighting the key points of Cochrane reviews for the busy practitioner.  

Each review is analysed in a structured format, starting with the question, a brief background and a summary answer, followed by the results presented in comprehensive and concise way. The authors then illustrate the value that the review adds to the current knowledge, the main methodological limitations of the included studies and finally the implications of the review’s conclusions for future research.

Addiction to drugs and alcohol is an increasing problem that all clinicians have to deal with. This is especially true for medical and family specialists but more so for those dealing with psychiatric, psychological and social problems.  The benefit of having the evidence underpinning the clinical approach to all aspects of this topic cannot be underestimated. 

The book’s comprehensive coverage of interventions provides an authoritative reference for all physicians working with these patients, from family practitioners to clinical specialists and psychiatric specialists. With addiction to drugs and alcohol an increasingly serious morbidity and public health issue, this book from the Cochrane Collaboration will find a wide audience.

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Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1: Alcohol

Psychosocial interventions

Chapter 1 Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations

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Chapter 2 Brief interventions for heavy alcohol users admitted to general hospital wards

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Chapter 3 Alcoholics Anonymous and other 12-step programmes for alcohol dependence

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Chapter 4 Mentoring adolescents to prevent substance use disorders

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Chapter 5 Universal school-based prevention programmes for alcohol misuse in young people

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Chapter 6 Universal multicomponent prevention programmes for alcohol misuse in young people

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Chapter 7 Universal family-based prevention programmes for alcohol misuse in young people

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Chapter 8 Social norms interventions to reduce alcohol misuse in university or college students

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Chapter 9 Psychosocial interventions for women enrolled in alcohol treatment during pregnancy

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Chapter 10 Benzodiazepines for alcohol withdrawal

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Chapter 11 Anticonvulsants for alcohol withdrawal

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Chapter 12 Acamprosate for alcohol dependence

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Chapter 13 Baclofen for alcohol withdrawal

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Chapter 14 Gamma-hydroxybutyrate for treatment of alcohol withdrawal and prevention of relapse

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Chapter 15 Psychotropic analgesic nitrous oxide for alcohol withdrawal

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Chapter 16 Efficacy and safety of pharmacological interventions for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal

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Chapter 17 Opioid antagonists for alcohol dependence

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Chapter 18 Pharmacologic interventions for pregnant women enrolled in alcohol treatment

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Part 2: Drugs

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Chapter 19 School-based prevention for illicit substance use disorders

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Chapter 20 Interventions for prevention of substance use disorders by young people delivered in non-school settings