Clinician's Guide To Cocaine Addiction: Theory Research & Treatment (Guilford Substance Abuse Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0898621925 ISBN 13: 9780898621921

Publisher: Guilford Press, 1992

Synopsis

A product of many years' work by researchers at the renowned Yale Substance Abuse Research Center, this volume constitutes a comprehensive resource on cocaine. Unusually coherent for an edited book, the volume's chapters reflect the contributors' long collaboration in making significant contributions to the field. The Clinician's Guide covers the history of cocaine research, the pharmacology and phenomenology of the drug, and current treatment approaches for cocaine abuse.

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About the Author

Thomas R. Kosten, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Substance Abuse Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine. A Research Scientist Awardee of the National Institute on Drug Abuse since 1987, he is a member of the Committee for Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the board of directors of the Committee on the Problems of Drug Dependence. He is a founding member of the American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addiction, where he has been chairman for scientific programs and research and currently serves as a member at large. In 1990, the Committee on the Problems of Drug Dependence awarded him the Cochin Award for his contributions to the development of medications to treat substance abuse. He is an editorial board member on a number of professional journals and has published over 200 papers, books, and reviews.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0898621925
• ISBN 13: 9780898621921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 404
• Editor: KOSTEN Thomas R., Kleber Herbert D.