The prescription drug abuse epidemic : incidence, treatment, prevention, and policy /

"Prescription opioid medication abuse has been declared a national crisis by experts in medicine, substance use, public health, and pain management, culminating in a declaration made by the President of the United States that opioid misuse and abuse is a national health emergency. In this compr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Schepis, Ty S. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
Temas:
Medication abuse > United States.
Opioid abuse > United States.
Drug abuse > United States.
Drug abuse > Treatment > United States.
Drug abuse > Political aspects > United States.
Drug addiction.
Drug abuse.
Prescription Drug Misuse
Substance-Related Disorders
Médicaments > Abus > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie aux opiacés > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie > Traitement > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie.
drug abuse.
drug addiction.
Health & personal development.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Drug addiction
Drug abuse
Drug abuse > Political aspects
Drug abuse > Treatment
Medication abuse
Opioid abuse
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Ty S. Schepis
  • Opioids / Gregory B. Castelli and Winfred T. Frazier
  • Stimulants / Christian J. Teter, Marcus Zavala, and Linh Tran
  • Benzodiazepines / Michael Weaver
  • Misuse and abuse of over-the-counter medicines / Richard Cooper
  • Nonmedical prescription drug use in adolescents and young adults / Lian-Yu Chen, Alexander S. Perlmutter, Luis Segura, and [others]
  • Misuse of prescription drugs among young adults / Mark Pawson and Brian C. Kelly
  • Prescription drug misuse in older adults / Yu-Ping Chang
  • Opioids: misuse and guideline-concordant use in pain management / William C. Becker and Joanna L. Starrels
  • Opioids in the emergency setting / Travis L. Hase and Francesca L. Beaudoin
  • Regulation of opioid medications in the United States / Kenneth Kemp Jr. and Martin Grabois
  • Promoing prescription drug monitoring programs for population health: research and policy implications / David S. Fink, Julia P. Schleimer, Aaron Sarvet, and [others]
  • Harm reduction approaches to opioids / Lucas Hill
  • A comparison of recent trends in prescription drug misuse in the United States and the United Kingdom / Trevor Bennett, Katy Holloway, and Tom May
  • Using health behavior theory to understand prescription drug misuse / Niloofar Bavarian, Sheena Cruz, and Ty S. Schepis
  • Understanding nonmedical prescription drug use: the importance of criminological theory / Jason A. Ford and Alexis Yohros
  • Conclusions / Ty S. Schepis.

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