Substance Use and Misuse: Nature, Context and Clinical Interventions - Softcover

Rassool, Rassool

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0632048840 ISBN 13: 9780632048847

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Synopsis

Substance Use and Misuse is a comprehensive and practical text that covers the core elements of substance use and misuse in both acute and community settings. The text reflects those areas in which health-care professionals are assuming greater responsibility for those people misusing psychoactive substances. It adopts a skills-orientated approach, providing a framework of good clinical practice and is written by a group of clinicians and academics. This book is an invaluable tool for undergraduate and postgraduate students, educators and clinical practitioners in all branches of nursing, midwifery and health visiting. It is also relevant to others in the healing professions as well as generic and specialist health-care professionals. emphasis placed on prevention an up-to-date, practical and comprehensive text for students and practitioners in health care adopts a skills-orientated approach, supported by the latest research and case vignettes written by experts in clinical practice, management, education and research

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Review:

"This book will undoubtedly be useful to non-specialist nurses and all those new to the field of substance misuse It is in addition a useful reference guide to specialist nurses." Association of Nurses in Substance Abuse

"This book is a well balanced, easy to read book and will be of interest to all Health Care Professionals, but may be especially informative to student nurses in helping them gain insight into the complex nature of substance misuse"
Druglink

"This book is an especially useful primer and resource for all nursing and healthcare specialties, but is an essential text for psychiatric nursing students and practitioners. Few books are available on this topic and none have represented the entire clinical issue as well."
Doody's Rating 4-star

Synopsis:

This comprehensive text provides essential information on substance misuse in both the acute and community settings. It aims to assist student and practising nurses, and health care practitioners, to understand the extent and nature of substance misuse, and the knowledge and skills required in its management to provide effective care. The book looks at preventative health education, early recognition and harm reduction. Psychoactive drugs such as nicotine and alcohol are considered. The first part of the book puts the problems encountered into context; the following section concentrates on the particular problems faced in acute and community settings and the clinical care required to manage the specific addiction. The last section looks at contemporary issues in addiction management.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0632048840
• ISBN 13: 9780632048847
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 308