Clinical Manual Of Addiction Psychopharmacology

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Recent discoveries in neuropharmacology and psychopharmacology of addictive disorders make this manual an essential guide for understanding this challenging field. It serves as a clinical resource for pharmacotherapy in substance use disorders, providing in-depth discussions on major drug classes and their treatments. The manual includes detailed reviews of the pharmacology of addictive substances and medications for dependence, contributed by 24 recognized experts from the U.S. and abroad. Nine chapters, enriched with informative illustrations, cover clinically important substances related to addiction, including alcohol, opioids, sedative-hypnotics, cannabis, cocaine, hallucinogens, club drugs, inhalants, and tobacco. The text also discusses psychosocial treatments combined with pharmacotherapy for alcohol, cocaine, and opioid use disorders, aiming to optimize outcomes by considering patient characteristics like substance use disorder typology and comorbid psychopathology. Each chapter addresses three key aspects: the clinical pharmacology of the substance, the phenomenology or pharmacological treatment of abstinence syndrome, and relapse prevention strategies. For disorders lacking effective pharmacotherapy or established abstinence syndromes, the authors review basic pharmacology and withdrawal phenomenology to aid clinicians in evaluating new research. This manual is a vital resource for prescribing clinicians, psychia