Treating Opioid Addiction

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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Killing More than Pain: Etiology and Remedy for an Opioid Crisis (John F. Kelly, Sarah E. Wakeman)....Pages 1-18 Epidemiology: Opioid Use and Related Disorders (Ingrid A. Binswanger, Jason M. Glanz, Morgan A. Ford)....Pages 19-48 Neurobiology of Addiction: A Disorder of Choice (James A. Morrill, Sarah Axelrath)....Pages 49-78 Terminology and Conceptualization of Opioid Use Disorder and Implications for Treatment (Richard Saitz)....Pages 79-87 Medication for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (John A. Renner Jr., Mitchell B. Crawford)....Pages 89-107 Psychosocial Approaches in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders (Brandon G. Bergman, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy, Lauren A. Hoffman, John F. Kelly)....Pages 109-138 Mutual Help and Peer Support Models for Opioid Use Disorder Recovery (John F. Kelly, Alexandra W. Abry, Nilofar Fallah-Sohy)....Pages 139-167 Harm Reduction Approaches for Opioid Use Disorder (Sarah E. Wakeman)....Pages 169-180 The Natural History, Clinical Course, and Long-Term Recovery from Opioid Use Disorders (Elizabeth A. Evans, Yih-Ing Hser)....Pages 181-196 Enhancing Treatment Access and Effectiveness: Toward Patient-Centered Models of Care (Aaron D. Fox, Andrea U. Jakubowski, Jonathan Giftos)....Pages 197-222 Prescribing, Prescription Monitoring, and Health Policy (Adam J. Gordon, Gerald Cochran, Marcela C. Smid, Ajay Manhapra, Stefan G. Kertesz)....Pages 223-238 Effective Opioid Analgesic Alternatives and Approaches to Pain Management (Jenna Goesling, Mark Ilgen)....Pages 239-256 Back Matter ....Pages 257-264