The use of home detoxification enables health care workers to avoid episodes of in-patient care, with its inherent high costs and problems such as stigmatization. This book ...

This authoritative work comprehensively examines all aspects of addictive disorders and their treatment. Leading researchers and practitioners identify best practices in ...

ASAM Patient Placement Criteria: Supplement on Pharmacotherapies for Alcohol Use Disorders provides a framework for placing patients with alcohol use disorders, using the ASAM ...

This book considers the appropriate response of the criminal law with regard to women whose acts or omissions in pregnancy cause the death or injury of the child born alive. It ...