Clinical topics in addiction.9781904671503 Clinical topics in addiction. Ed. by Ed Day. RCPsych Publications 2007 326 pages $51.66 Paperback RC568 Papers from the Royal College of Psychiatrists The Royal College of Psychiatrists is the main professional organisation of psychiatrists in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, responsible for representing and certifying psychiatrists, psychiatric training and providing high quality public information about mental journal Advances in Psychiatric Treatment are gathered together in this volume, which focuses on substance misuse. Day (addiction psychiatry, U. of Birmingham, UK) compiles 22 papers published in the journal in the past 10 years, many of which have been extensively updated to reflect advances in the field, along with two new chapters. Articles address techniques for everyday practice in mainstream areas within the substance misuse treatment field, along with those that are less common. These include pharmacological Pharmacological Referring to therapy that relies on drugs. Mentioned in: Pain Management pharmacological, pharmacologic pertaining to pharmacology. and non-pharmacological approaches, alcohol detoxification Alcohol detoxification, or 'detox', for individuals with alcohol dependence is the abrupt cessation of alcohol intake coupled with the substitution of alcohol with cross-tolerant drugs that have similar effects in order to prevent alcohol withdrawal. , the history of the drug treatment system in the UK, nicotine nicotine, C10H14N2, poisonous, pale yellow, oily liquid alkaloid with a pungent odor and an acrid taste. It turns brown on exposure to air. dependence, gambling addiction, and the implications of using psychostimulant and hallucinogenic drugs hallucinogenic drug (həl  'sənōjĕn`ĭk), any of a group of substances that alter consciousness; also called psychotomimetic (i.e. . Further topics consist
of alcohol and drug testing, comorbidity of psychiatric illness and
substance abuse, psychological interventions, addiction in special
populations (adolescents and pregnant women), and links to crime and
violence. Contributors are practitioners from the UK and New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. .
Practitioners and trainees in addiction psychiatry, in addition to
primary care clinicians, form the audience for the book.
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