Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction: Addiction from a Clinical Perspective
2. Screening and Brief Intervention
3. Overview of Substance Use Disorder Treatment
4. Alcohol
5. Sedatives
6. Opioids
7. Nicotine and Tobacco
8. Cocaine, Methamphetam
9. Hallucinogens and Dissociatives
10. Cannabinoids
11. Inhalants: Volatile Organic Compounds, Anaesthetics and Nitrites
12. Anabolic Steroids and Athletes
13. Prescription Drugs
14. Medical Care for Patients with Substance Use Disorders
15. Psychiatric Co-Occurring Disorders
16. Special Populations
17. Ethical and Legal Considerations
Index

About the Author

Darius A. Rastegar, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Michael I. Fingerhood, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Chief, Division of Addiction Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Darius A. Rastegar, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has over 20 years of clinical experience treating patients with substance use disorders. His primary clinical, teaching, and research interests have been in the treatment of opioid use disorders and alcohol withdrawal. Since 2009, Dr. Rastegar has served as an editor for the NIDA-funded newsletter Alcohol, Other Drugs and Health. He is also the founder and current Program
Director for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship at Johns Hopkins, which began in 2018.

Michael I. Fingerhood, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, and Chief of the Division of Addiction Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center. His career's mission has been to promote and improve the provision of medical care to patients with substance use disorder, including the treatment of HIV and hepatitis C, with the development, maintenance and evaluation of innovative programs.

Reviews

"This handbook offers a concise clinical overview to help with identification and management of addictions in a clinical setting. It presents relevant issues related to the clinical management of individuals with addiction disorders and will be helpful to those with limited knowledge of addiction medicine or trainees." -- Darius A. Rastegar, MD; Michael I. Fingerhood, MD, Doody's