G. Hussein Rassool

Substance Use and Misuse

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Blackwell Publishers
• 1998.
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 471g
• ISBN-13: 9780632048847
• ISBN-10: 0632048840
• Artikelnr.: 14217145

Autorenporträt

G. Hussein Rassool is Professor of Psychology and Islamic Psychology, Dean of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Head of the Department of Psychology, Islamic Online University.

Inhaltsangabe

Section I - Understanding Substance Use and Misuse.

Chapter 1. Introduction.

Chapter 2. Concepts and Models.

Chapter 3. Tobacco Smoking.

Chapter 4. An Overview of Psychoactive Drugs.

Chapter 5. Alcohol and Alcohol Related Problems.

Chapter 6. It's Everybody's Business: the Responses of HealthCare Professionals.

Section II - Prevention, Recognition andIntervention.

Chapter 7. Prevention and Health Education.

Chapter 8. Screening and Generic Assessment.

Chapter 9. An Overview of Intervention Strategies.

Chapter 10. Service Provision for Substance Misusers.

Section III - Generic Responses: Different Contexts andSettings.

Chapter 11. Drug Use, Pregnancy and Care of the New-born.

Chapter 12. Health Visiting and Substance Misuse.

Chapter 13. Practice Nurse: Recognition and EarlyInterventions.

Chapter 14. School Nursing and Substance Misuse.

Chapter 15. Substance Misuse in the Accident and EmergencyDepartment.

Chapter 16. HIV, Hepatitis and Substance Misuse.

Section IV - Addiction nursing: Specialist Responses.

Chapter 17. Alcohol: Community Detoxification and ClinicalCare.

Chapter 18. Benzodiazepines: Clinical Care and NursingIntervention.

Chapter 19. Stimulants: Clinical Care and NursingInterventions.

Chapter 20. Opiate and Polydrug Use: Clinical Care and NursingIntervention.

Chapter 21. Nicotine Addiction: Health Care Interventions.

Chapter 22. Working with Diverse Special Populations.

Chapter 23. Working with Dual Diagnosis Clients.

Chapter 24. Contemporary Issues in Addiction Nursing

Rezensionen

"This book will undoubtedly be useful to non-specialist nursesand all those new to the field of substance misuse It is inaddition 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 beof interest to all Health Care Professionals, but may be especiallyinformative to student nurses in helping them gain insight into thecomplex nature of substance misuse"
Druglink

"This book is an especially useful primer and resourcefor all nursing and healthcare specialties, but is an essentialtext for psychiatric nursing students and practitioners. Few booksare available on this topic and none have represented the entireclinical issue as well."
Doody's Rating 4-star