Drug Abuse & Opioids: Books & eBooks

Using a Q&A format, covers the basic science of opioids, the nature of addiction, the underlying reasons for the opioid epidemic; effective approaches to helping individuals, families, communities, and national policy; and common myths related to opioid addiction.

An overview of prescription drug abuse that includes historical background, key concepts, and discussion of the prevalence of drug abuse, treatments, and policy issues implicated in ending the epidemic.

Analyzes the growth of the prescription drug abuse problem from 1994 to 2014, and includes comparisons to marijuana and hard drug use during the same period. Specific attention is given to prescription opiate abuse and the transition from prescription opiates to heroin.

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.

Focuses on the manifestations of the opioid epidemic in children and adolescents.

To understand the mechanisms by which individuals are successful in substance abuse recovery and sustain abstinence, this book describes research exploring alternative models of recovery, aftercare programs, employment services, trauma issues that effect recovery, as well as gender-specific and culturally modified treatment and programs.