Main description:

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 impact of opioids in the clinical and epidemiological context.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Killing More Than Pain: Etiology and Remedy for an Opioid Crisis

John F. Kelly and Sarah E. Wakeman

Chapter 2 Epidemiology: Opioid Use and Related Disorders

Ingrid A. Binswanger, Jason M. Glanz, Morgan A. Ford

Chapter 3 Neurobiology of Addiction: A Disorder of Choice

James A. Morrill and Sarah Axelrath

Chapter 4 Terminology and Conceptualization of Opioid Use Disorder and Implications for Treatment

Richard Saitz

Chapter 5 Medication for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

John A. Renner Jr. and Mitchell B. Crawford

Chapter 6 Psychosocial Approaches in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders

Brandon G. Bergman, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy, Lauren A. Hoffman, John F. Kelly

Chapter 7 Mutual-Help and Peer Support Models for Opioid Use Disorder Recovery

John F. Kelly, Alexandra W. Abry, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy

Chapter 8 Harm Reduction Approaches for Opioid Use Disorder

Sarah E. Wakeman

Chapter 9 The Natural History, Clinical Course, and Long-Term Recovery From Opioid Use Disorders

Elizabeth A. Evans and Yih-Ing Hser

Chapter 10 Enhancing Treatment Access and Effectiveness:

Toward Patient-Centered Models of Care

Aaron D. Fox, Andrea U. Jakubowski, Jonathan Giftos

Chapter 11 Prescribing, Prescription Monitoring, and Health Policy

Adam J. Gordon, Gerald Cochran, Marcela C. Smid, Ajay Manhapra, Stefan G. Kertesz

Chapter 12 Effective Opioid Analgesic Alternatives and Approaches to Pain Management

Jenna Goesling and Mark Ilgen