Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction (eBook)

Richard Rosner (Herausgeber)

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2012 | 1. Auflage
520 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-34087-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Since 1960, the burden of adolescent illness has shifted from the
traditional causes of disease to the more behavior-related
problems, such as drinking, smoking and drug abuse (nearly half of
American adolescents have used an illicit drug sometime during
their life). Instilling in adolescents the knowledge, skills, and
values that foster physical and mental health will require
substantial changes in the way health professionals work and the
way they connect with families, schools, and community
organizations. At the same time, the major textbooks on addiction
medicine and addiction psychiatry devote relatively little
attention to the special problems of diagnosing and treating
adolescent addicts. Similarly, the major textbooks on general and
child and adolescent psychiatry direct relatively little attention
to the issues surrounding adolescent addiction.

The Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction is one
response to the challenge of meeting the mental health needs and
behavior-related problems of addicted teenagers. The work has been
edited as an independent project by members of the American Society
for Adolescent Psychiatry, the oldest professional organization of
psychiatrists devoted solely to the mental health care and
treatment of teenagers in the USA. The forensic psychiatry
perspective permeates the entire book. It will help to produce
health providers with a deep and sensitive understanding of the
developmental needs and behavior-related problems of
adolescents.

The Clinical Handbook of Adolescent Addiction is a
practical tool for all those who help adolescents: practitioners of
family medicine, general psychiatrists, child/adolescent
psychiatrists, adolescent psychiatrists, addiction psychiatrists,
non-psychiatric physicians specializing in addiction medicine,
forensic psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers,
mental health administrators, Court/Probation/ Parole/Correctional
health workers.

The book is organized in a user-friendly format so that readers
can easily locate the chapters that provide the information that is
required. In some instances, topics of special importance
deliberately have been addressed in more than one chapter, to
illuminate the topics from a variety of vantage points. One aim of
the editors is to move the topic from being a specialist area to a
generalist one by providing tools for generalist to use.

Autor

Richard Rosner, M.D., D.L.F.A.P.A., F.A.C.Psych., F.A.S.A.P., F.A.A.F.S. (Psychiatry & Behavioral Science) is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Former Director of the Forensic Psychiatry Residency Program, New York University School of Medicine. Former Medical Director, Forensic Psychiatry Clinic, Bellevue Hospital Center, New York, NY; Former President, American Society for Adolescent Psychiatry; Former President, American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law; Former President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences

Rezensionen

"In conclusion, this book provides a useful overview of
the broad range of issues relevant to working with adolescent
addiction. It will be particularly helpful for psychiatrists and
other medical professionals who have little experience working with
this population by way of alerting them to treatment related issues
for consideration." (Early Intervention in
Psychiatry, 15 April 2014)

"This is an important resource for those in the field of
adolescent mental health. It is not overly weighted with medical
terminology, and the authors have done an excellent job of
providing information with the depth that clinicians will find
useful without being so clinical that the other intended readers
would be lost. They have done a thorough job of providing more than
just cursory information on the presentation, diagnosis, and
treatment of adolescents with substance abuse problems. Although
the issue of substance abuse is multifaceted, with many
physiological and environmental factors at play, the book does a
commendable job of organizing and outlining the evaluation and
treatment modalities of substance abuse in the adolescent
population." (Doody's, 11 October
2013)

"Nevertheless, this is the best compendium of evidence in
the round in this field and an excellent reference book."
(Addiction, 1 September 2013)
"The wealth of information is brought together by a consummate
clinician who cares profoundly for the young people who have come
to him - whether for court reports or treatment - and
who is determined to make a difference. The clinical eye that chose
the authors and edited the whole has provided just what politicians
as well as clinical and criminal justice practitioners are so often
calling for - an evidence base for appropriate action. It
should be widely read by those practitioners but also influence
policy and improve life prospects for many, many young people."
(From the Foreword by Pamela J. Taylor and John Gunn, 2012)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2012
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Pädiatrie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Suchtkrankheiten
• Schlagworte: Addictions • Medical Science • Medizin • Psychiatrie • Psychiatry • Psychologie • Psychology • Substance Misuse • Substanzmissbrauch • Sucht
• ISBN-10: 1-118-34087-6 / 1118340876
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-34087-5 / 9781118340875