Main description:

This updated and revised second edition of "Alcohol and Tobacco" reflects the new ICD 11 and DSM V classifications and provides comprehensive descriptions of new therapeutic approaches, outlining the different interactions between personality, environment and the effects of the respective substance.

In addition to new data on prevention-based therapies, especially for smoking addiction, the book also presents essential psychological and sociological strategies, and medication-based therapies. Particular attention is given to new medications and new compounds for e-cigarettes, while a broad overview of the American and European epidemiology of alcohol and nicotine addictions rounds out the coverage.

Given the breadth and depth of its coverage, the book will appeal to a wide readership, from professionals to researchers and students.

Contents:

1 Information on the origination of the book

2 Addiction- a widespread disease

3 Aetiology of Addiction

4 Prevention strategies

5 Diagnosis of abuse and addiction

6 Types, dimensions and aetiology

7 Motives for alcohol and/or tobacco addicted patients to seek medical help

8 The diagnosis of alcohol and tobacco addiction

9 Therapeutic strategies for alcohol and tobacco dependence

10 Sociotherapy of alcohol and tobacco dependents with regards to Lesch's typology

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