The Clinical Management of Nicotine Dependence

This work on nicotine dependence, designed for practising professionals who deal with addicted individuals from a variety of different standpoints, offers information on the most common and effective treatments and also covers relapse, long-term maintenance and residual treatment.

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The past decade has seen a remarkable degree of public and professional acceptance of cigarette smoking as the most widespread and devastating form of drug dependence. This attitude is in sharp contrast to the earlier prevailing atmosphere of disinterest, ignorance and professional disdain. These changes created an obvious need for a text for clinicians working with nicotine-dependent patients. This book is designed especially for practising physicians in all specialties, psychologists, social workers, nurses, and counselors. It gives an opportunity to become familiar with the most common methods of treatment. Readers will be able to find practical treatment methods from the text to suit themselves and to apply them in their own practices. This monograph on psychopharmacology, toxicology, psychiatry, clinical psychology is intended for medical clinicians and practitioners, social workers, nurses and addiction counsellors.