Assessment and Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder

Authors

Snehal Bhatt, University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, USA; Addictions and Substance Abuse Programs
Bellelizabeth Foster, University of New Mexico, Services and Treatments Adolescents Recovery (STAR), Albuquerque, NM, USA
Vanessa Jacobsohn, University of New Mexico, ASAP Primary Care and Hepatitis Treatment Program, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Paul Romo, University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, USA; Addictions and Substance Abuse Programs
Tyler Seybert, University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Albuquerque, NM, USA
Roxanne Russell, University of New Mexico, Department of Psychiatry, Albuquerque, NM, USA

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Description

The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public Health provides practicing psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental health professionals with the latest information on opioid addiction, including misuse of heroin and other illicit opioids, the role of prescription analgesic opioids, and recent overdose trends. Although highly effective in relieving acute pain, opioids can cause untold damage to people's lives, health, and social structures. Recognizing the efficacy of these drugs when prescribed appropriately, the editors call not for eliminating access or for incarcerating those who are addicted, but for changing the patterns of prescribing and use. The crisis is analyzed by expert contributors from a wide variety of perspectives, they address issues of epidemiology and toxicology, prevention and harm reduction, and common comorbidities. Stressing that prevention and treatment do work, expert contributors provide down-to-earth, public-health-focused strategies that clinicians and public health workers alike will find indispensable. Moreover, the use of clinical vignettes and key chapter points help ground the reader and highlight the most important concepts. -- Publisher.

ISBN

978-1-61537-157-0, 978-1-61537-214-0

Publication Date

2019

Publisher

American Psychiatric Association Publishing

City

Washington, D.C.

Keywords

opioid abuse

Comments

Book Chapter in: AMERICAN OPIOID EPIDEMIC: FROM PATIENT CARE TO PUBLIC HEALTH

Recommended Citation

American Psychiatric Association Publishing. The American Opioid Epidemic : From Patient Care to Public Health. First ed. (Compton MT, Manseau MW, eds.). Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Association Publishing; 2019.