Making the Choice, Making it Work: Treatment for Opioid Addiction - Softcover

Centre For Addiction And Mental Health

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1771143576 ISBN 13: 9781771143578

Publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, 2016

Synopsis

Making the Choice, Making It Work is an easy-to-read guide for people who are considering treatment for opioid addiction, and for those who are already taking opioid agonist therapy. Families and friends will find it valuable for understanding what their friend or family member is experiencing, and how best to offer their support.

The guide provides essential information on choosing and starting treatment, how treatment works, side-effects, interactions with other drugs, counselling, pregnancy, travel, length of treatment and more. Thoughtful quotes from people with experience of opioid addiction treatment let readers know what to expect and offer advice on how to get the most out of treatment.

Based on the widely distributed Methadone Maintenance Treatment: Client Handbook, this new edition includes the latest treatment and research information while maintaining the same comprehensive and reader-friendly approach.

About this title

About the Author:

The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital, as well as one of the world's leading research centres in the area of addiction and mental health. CAMH combines clinical care, research, education, policy development and health promotion to help transform the lives of people affected by mental health and addiction issues.

About this edition

• Publisher: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1771143576
• ISBN 13: 9781771143578
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 130