Drug addiction

Joseph J Westermeyer; Gihyun Yoon

doi:10.1007/978-1-59745-252-6_15

Drug addiction

Joseph J Westermeyer, Gihyun Yoon

Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Drug addiction causes an enormous burden to patients, families, and societies. This chapter summarizes current concepts of drug addiction, epidemiology, etiology, pathogenesis, pathology, clinical course, laboratory findings, assessment, and treatment of drug addiction. Pathologic consequences from drugs of abuse (e.g., opioids, sedatives, amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis, nicotine, phencyclidine [PCP], hallucinogens) are explained as well. The understanding of drug addiction has improved with recent progress in genetics, neuroscience, pharmacology, and psychiatry. It is now possible to treat drug addiction more effectively using advanced psychological and pharmacological interventions.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	The Medical Basis of Psychiatry
Subtitle of host publication	Third Edition
Publisher	Humana Press
Pages	251-266
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9781588299178
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-252-6_15
State	Published - 2008

Keywords

Addiction
Behaviors
Course
Drugs of abuse
Treatment

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