Author : Marc A. Schuckit
Mark Schuckit’s Drug and Alcohol Abuse has been a clinical mainstay for over a quarter century. Now the author’s trusted expertise is available in a new Sixth Edition, thoroughly revised for content, updated references, and streamlined for increased usefulness.
Schuckit combines his experience as practitioner, researcher, and teacher to give professionals and students across the health and mental health disciplines a working knowledge of drug-related pathology, beginning with pharmacology, drug mechanisms, and genetic factors. And the Sixth Edition is as accessible as its predecessors, striking the right comfort level for the classroom or the emergency room.
-Clinical/emergency orientation suited to both chronic misuse and acute situations
-Coverage reflects current trends in alcohol, drug, and multidrug use, abuse, and dependence
-Concise chapters for quick reference
-Updated bibliography―approximately 80% of citations are post-2000
-Diagnostic information reflects upcoming changes to the DSM
-Latest strategies in treatment (psychological and pharmacological) and rehabilitation
All material is organized for ease of use, whether the reader needs fast answers in a crisis, seeks new ideas for helping long-term patients or clients, or is just becoming familiar with the different drug classifications. This new edition offers expanded knowledge of a wide-ranging problem and a growing and clinically important population, and authoritative suggestions for effective care.
Category: Mental Health Overdose
Sometimes people who use drugs regularly misunderstand how much they should be taking, and take too much. It is a thin line between unhealthy and deathly. Make sure that if you know anyone who regularly uses drugs, to check in on them.
Date : 30 Aug 2021
Created By : Amanda Hirsch Read More
Category: Overdose
Crack is made of cocaine hydrochloride that has been processed with ammonia or baking soda and water into a form called “freebase”. The mixture is cooled and filtered, and then the “chips, chunks or “rocks” are smoked in a crack pipe. Smoking crack is a dangerous route of admi
Date : 26 Aug 2015
Created By : Yogesh Kumar Read More
Category: Overdose
After reading an article about a 13-year-old who died of a fentynal overdose; I can't help but wonder what brought him there. Children, and adults, tend to turn to drugs, sex, and alcohol when more emotionally demanding situations arise. That is why learning healthy coping mechanisms c
Date : 28 Jan 2022
Created By : MentalHealthRocks4 Read More
