Edwards' Treatment of Drinking Problems: A Guide for the Helping Professions - Softcover

Humphreys, Keith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107519527 ISBN 13: 9781107519527

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book presents state-of-the-art, accessible reviews of the science of alcohol treatment and guidance for the management of clinical situations.

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About the Authors

Keith Humphreys is a Professor and the Section Director for Mental Health Policy in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He is also a Senior Research Career Scientist at the VA Health Services Research Center in Palo Alto and an Honorary Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Dr Humphreys has been extensively involved in the formation of public policy, having served as a member of the White House Commission on Drug Free Communities, the VA National Mental Health Task Force, and the National Advisory Council of the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Anne Lingford-Hughes is Professor of Addiction Biology at Imperial College London and a Consultant Psychiatrist with a particular interest in pharmacological treatments of alcohol problems and comorbidity at Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. Professor Lingford-Hughes is past Honorary General Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. She co-developed and wrote their guidelines about the pharmacological management of substance misuse and addiction and comorbidity with psychiatric disorders. She has also contributed to NICE guidance regarding pharmacotherapy of opiate detoxification and alcohol misuse and dependence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1107519527
• ISBN 13: 9781107519527
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 278