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Treating Opioid Addiction

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Editors:
  1. John F. Kelly

    1. Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  2. Sarah E. Wakeman

    1. Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

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  • Written by experts in the field
  • Offers a solid foundation in opioids and their misuse
  • Includes updated review of clinical guidelines and policy

Part of the book series: Current Clinical Psychiatry (CCPSY)

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This book addresses opioids and opioid use disorders from epidemiological, clinical, and public health perspectives. It covers detailed information on the nature of opioids, their effects on the human body and brain, prevention, and treatment of opioid addiction.  Unlike other texts, the first section of this volume builds a strong historical, neurobiological, and phenomenological foundation for a deep understanding of the topic and the patient.  The second section addresses the most challenging issues clinicians face, including pharmacological and psychosocial treatments, harm reduction approaches, alternative approaches to pain management for the non-specialist, and prescribing guidelines.

Treating Opioid Addiction is a valuable resource for psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction medicine physicians, primary care physicians, drug addiction counselors, students, trainees, scholars, and public health officials interested in the effects and impactof opioids in the clinical and epidemiological context.


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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Killing More than Pain: Etiology and Remedy for an Opioid Crisis

    • John F. Kelly, Sarah E. Wakeman
    Pages 1-18

  3. Epidemiology: Opioid Use and Related Disorders

    • Ingrid A. Binswanger, Jason M. Glanz, Morgan A. Ford
    Pages 19-48

  4. Neurobiology of Addiction: A Disorder of Choice

    • James A. Morrill, Sarah Axelrath
    Pages 49-78

  5. Terminology and Conceptualization of Opioid Use Disorder and Implications for Treatment

    • Richard Saitz
    Pages 79-87

  6. Medication for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

    • John A. Renner Jr., Mitchell B. Crawford
    Pages 89-107

  7. Psychosocial Approaches in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders

    • Brandon G. Bergman, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy, Lauren A. Hoffman, John F. Kelly
    Pages 109-138

  8. Mutual Help and Peer Support Models for Opioid Use Disorder Recovery

    • John F. Kelly, Alexandra W. Abry, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy
    Pages 139-167

  9. Harm Reduction Approaches for Opioid Use Disorder

    • Sarah E. Wakeman
    Pages 169-180

  10. The Natural History, Clinical Course, and Long-Term Recovery from Opioid Use Disorders

    • Elizabeth A. Evans, Yih-Ing Hser
    Pages 181-196

  11. Enhancing Treatment Access and Effectiveness: Toward Patient-Centered Models of Care

    • Aaron D. Fox, Andrea U. Jakubowski, Jonathan Giftos
    Pages 197-222

  12. Prescribing, Prescription Monitoring, and Health Policy

    • Adam J. Gordon, Gerald Cochran, Marcela C. Smid, Ajay Manhapra, Stefan G. Kertesz
    Pages 223-238

  13. Effective Opioid Analgesic Alternatives and Approaches to Pain Management

    • Jenna Goesling, Mark Ilgen
    Pages 239-256

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 257-264
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Elizabeth R. Spallin Professor of Psychiatry in Addiction Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    John F. Kelly

  • Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA

    Sarah E. Wakeman

About the editors

John F. Kelly, PhD, ABPP
Associate Professor of Psychiatry in the Field of Addiction Medicine
Harvard Medical School; Director Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Recovery Research Institute
Program Director MGH Addiction Recovery Management Service
Associate Director MGH Center for Addiction Medicine
Department of Psychiatry
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA, USA

 

Sarah E. Wakeman, MD
Medical Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Substance Use Disorder Initiative
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Program Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Addiction Medicine Fellowship 
Boston, MA, USA


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Treating Opioid Addiction

  • Editors: John F. Kelly, Sarah E. Wakeman

  • Series Title: Current Clinical Psychiatry

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16257-3

  • Publisher: Humana Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-16256-6Published: 30 July 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-16257-3Published: 15 July 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2626-241X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2626-2398

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 264

  • Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations, 17 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Psychiatry, Pain Medicine, General Practice / Family Medicine, Public Health

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