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(0)John B. Saunders
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
Second edition.
Description
An evidence-based, concise and practical guide to the management of people with substance use disorders. The handbook covers specific types of psychoactive substance and treatment options, focusing on specific groups placing addiction medicine within the broad professional and legal context.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
3.
Description
"Addictive disorders' is the term applied to disorders and conditions that occur as a result of the single or repeated use of a psychoactive substance which has dependence-inducing or 'addictive' properties. It includes acute intoxication from an addictive substance, disorders characterized by repeated use of the substance or addictive activity, together with consequences such as withdrawal states and substance-induced mental and other disorders"--...