Substance Abuse Disorders (eBook)

Hamid Ghodse is Professor of Psychiatry and International Drug Policy at St George's Hospital Medical School. He has been President of the International Narcotics Control Board since 2004, and a member of the board since 1992. Director of the International Centre for Drug Policy (UN) in Vienna. Editor of many books on addiction. He was appointed as inaugural Chair of the International Health Advisory Board in the UK in November 2009. Helen Herrman is Director of the WHO Collaborating Centre in Mental Health, Melbourne. She has been Secretary of Publications for the World Psychiatric Association since 2005 She is also Regional Vice-President Oceania, World Federation for Mental Health, and Vice-President of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology. Mario Maj is President of the World Psychiatric Association. Formerly he has been President of the Italian Psychiatric Association (since 2000); President of the Italian Society of Biological Psychiatry (since 1990); Secretary-General of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2001-2002); President of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2002). Norman Sartorius is President of the International Association for the Promotion of Mental Health Programmes. Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and of the American College of Psychiatry; Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Member of the WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Mental Health and a member of the WPA Council.

List of Contributors.

Preface.

SECTION 1 DRUGS.

1 Epidemiology of Drug Abuse: A Global
Overview (Maria-Elena Medina-Mora, Tania Real and
Rebeca Robles).

2 Drug Abuse: Prevention (Vladimir B. Poznyak,
James White and Nicolas Clark).

3 Drug Abuse: Treatment and Management (Fabrizio
Schifano).

4 Commentaries.

4.1 Measuring, Preventing and Treating Global Drug Abuse
(Kylie D. Reed, Mark Prunty and John Strang).

4.2 Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention of Addictive
Disorders (Pedro Ruiz).

4.3 The Global Challenge of Illegal Drugs (Neil
McKeganey).

4.4 Drug Misuse - Lessons Learned Through the Modern
Science (Igor Koutsenok).

4.5 An Integrated Approach to Drug-Abuse Treatment: The Role of
Prevention (Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian).

4.6 Informing the Field of Substance Misuse: Progress and
Challenges (David A. Deitch).

SECTION 2 ALCOHOL.

5 Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse: Extent and Nature of the
Problem (Jayadeep Patra, Andriy V. Samokhvalov and
Jurgen Rehm).

6 The Prevention of Alcohol Problems (John B.
Saunders and Noeline C. Latt).

7 Alcohol-Use Disorders - Treatment and
Management (Filippo Passetti and Colin
Drummond).

8 Commentaries.

8.1 Perverse Interpretation of Evidence in Alcohol Policy
(Steve Allsop).

8.2 Implementing the Evidence Base (Duncan
Raistrick).

8.3 Further Insights into the Burden of Alcohol Use on Mental
Illness (Nady el-Guebaly).

8.4 Alcohol Issues - What Next? (Griffith
Edwards).

8.5 The Evolving Global Burden of Disease from Alcohol
(Joshua Tsoh and Helen Fung-Kum Chiu).

8.6 A Timely Review of Alcohol Related Disorders (Nasser Loza
and Waleed Fawzi).

SECTION 3 TOBACCO.

9 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use (Ilana B. Crome and
Marcus R. Munafo).

10 Tobacco Use: Prevention (Adriana Blanco, Vera
da Costa e Silva and Maristela Monteiro).

11 Tobacco Abuse: Treatment and
Management (Susanna Galea).

12 Commentaries.

12.1 Challenges in Reducing the Disease Burden of Tobacco
Smoking (Coral Gartner and Wayne Hall).

12.2 Public Health and Tobacco Use (Pim Cuijpers).

12.3 Decreasing the Health Hazards of Tobacco: Necessary and
Possible, But not Easy (Ahmad Mohit).

12.4 Overcoming State Addiction to Tobacco Industry (Robert
West).

12.5 The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: The Importance
of Article 14 (Robyn Richmond).

12.6 Comments Regarding Epidemiology of Tobacco Use, Tobacco
Use: Prevention and Tobacco Abuse: Treatment and Management (Yu
Xin).

Index.

"This book provides a comprehensive review of substance abuse
disorders by many of the world's leading experst in the field, and
its contributors have a truly broad international representation.
The chapters are clearly and authoritatively written, and each
section is followed by commentaries that add the experience of
experts to the evidence presented in the chapters." (Journal of
Clinical Psychiatry, April 2012)

"The commentaries at the end of each section are pertinent and,
at times, thought provoking. This book would be best appreciated by
individuals with knowledge in this area, but will be educational
for anyone interested in this topic." (Doody's, 21 October
2011)

"In this valuable contribution to the field, Ghodse
(International Centre for Drug Policy, U. of London, UK) introduces
a dozen chapters by international experts that address tobacco,
alcohol, and other legal and illicit drugs." (Booknews, 1 April
2011)