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The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public Health

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https://doi/book/10.1176/appi.books.9781615372140
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The American Opioid Epidemic: From Patient Care to Public Health provides practicing psychiatrists, trainees, and other mental health professionals with the latest information on opioid addiction, including misuse of heroin and other illicit opioids, the role of prescription analgesic opioids, and recent overdose trends. Although highly effective in relieving acute pain, opioids can cause untold damage to people's lives, health, and social structures. Recognizing the efficacy of these drugs when prescribed appropriately, the editors call not for eliminating access or for incarcerating those who are addicted, but for changing the patterns of prescribing and use. The crisis is analyzed by expert contributors from a wide variety of perspectives, they address issues of epidemiology and toxicology, prevention and harm reduction, and common comorbidities. Stressing that prevention and treatment do work, expert contributors provide down-to-earth, public-health-focused strategies that clinicians and public health workers alike will find indispensable. Moreover, the use of clinical vignettes and key chapter points help ground the reader and highlight the most important concepts.

Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. From Fields of Poppies to a National Crisis
Chapter 2. Prescription Opioids
Chapter 3. Heroin and Other Illicit Opioids
Chapter 4. Opioid Overdose, Toxicity, and Poisoning
Chapter 5. The Opioid Epidemic: Social Determinants and Health Inequities
Chapter 6. Opioid Use Disorder and Medical Comorbidity
Chapter 7. Opioid Use Disorder and Psychiatric Comorbidity
Chapter 8. Assessment and Care of Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
Chapter 9. Opioid Withdrawal Management and Transition to Treatment
Chapter 10. Medication-Assisted Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Chapter 11. Psychosocial Approaches to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder
Chapter 12. Harm Reduction: Caring for People Who Misuse Opioids
Chapter 13. Prevention of Opioid Misuse and Addiction Through Policy Approaches
Chapter 14. Performance Measures and Quality Improvement for the Opioid Epidemic
Index