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MEDICAL Psychiatry

The ASAM Principles of Addiction Medicine 6th Edition By Shannon C. Miller, MD, FASAM, DFAPA , Medical Director, Dual Diagnosis & Outpatient Clinics, Program Director, VA Fellowship in Addiction Medicine Research, VAMC, Cincinnati; Co-Program Director, Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship, Associate Director of Education & Training, Associate Director, Addiction Sciences Division, Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Affiliated Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, Co- Editor, Journal of Addiction Medicine; David A. Fiellin, MD , Professor of Medicine, Investigative Medicine and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Richard N. Rosenthal, MD Adjust Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Medical Directory of Addiction Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Health System, Director of Addiction Psychiatry, SUNY Stony Brook University Medi- cal Center; and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM , Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, Director, Clinical Addiction Research and Education (CARE) Unit, Section of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Boston Medical Cen- ter/Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Boston, MA

DESCRIPTION Thoroughly updated with the latest international evidence-based research and best practices, the comprehensive 6th Edition of the American Society of Addiction Medicine’s (ASAM) official flagship textbook reviews the science and art behind ad- diction medicine and provides healthcare providers with the necessary information to not only properly diagnose and treat their patients but to also serve as change agents to positively impact clinical service design and delivery as well as global healthcare policy. FEATURES ▶ ▶ Updated with the latest developments in Addiction Medicine and featuring chapters on emerging and high impact topics such as electronic cigarettes, cannabis as medicine, opioid overdose and opioid use disorder treatment, co- occurring pain and addiction, understanding addiction-related clinical trials, digital media as treatment platforms, TBI, neuromodulation, harm reduction, behavioral addictions, research behind spirituality and mutual help programs, co-occurring psychiatric disorders, and guidelines for using non-stigmatizing language ▶ ▶ Covers all areas fundamental to Addiction Medicine, including neurobiology and pharmacology, epidemiology and prevention, management of intoxication and withdrawal syndromes, special populations, pharmacological and psychologically-based interventions, and medical consequences of addiction ▶ ▶ Touches on international and military veteran-unique issues that are of special importance to the field ▶ ▶ Brings together the world’s leading addiction medicine experts, editors, and contributors with expertise in internal medicine, psychiatry, emergency medicine, public health, neuroscience, pediatrics, obstetrics & gynecology, and other fields ▶ ▶ Sought broadly as a critical textbook for graduate medical education, as well as for everyday clinical practice and policy-making, and ideal for addiction medicine and addiction psychiatry fellows, residents, medical students, mental health practitioners, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, primary care physicians, researchers, and more

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Hardbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-7098-3 / ($245.99 / £176.00 / €202.00) World Approx. 1,984 pp. / Approx. 270 2-Color Illus. / Approx. 200 Tables / 8 3/8 x 10 7/8 / November 2018

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in June 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-4511-7357-4).

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