Essentials of Addiction Medicine

This chapter provides a framework for how to screen, diagnose, and characterize substance use disorders using accurate language.

This chapter covers conducting an addiction history and physical using nonjudgmental, patient-centered language that assesses for complications of substance use disorders.

Not a neurobiologist? No worries! Here, we’ll help you identify the addictive potential of various substances, accompanying withdrawal states, and pharmacotherapy approaches.

This chapter reviews integrating principles of motivational interviewing into conversations with patients to increase engagement in treatment.

Need to counsel a patient about quitting smoking? This chapter compares and contrasts the available treatment options for tobacco use disorder.

Here, we cover evidence-based medication for alcohol use disorder and safely managing alcohol detoxification in the inpatient or outpatient setting.

In this chapter, you’ll master the practical differences between buprenorphine, methadone, and naltrexone in the treatment of patients with opioid use disorder.

This chapter will help you distinguish between recreational use of cannabis compared with cannabis use disorder and determine when treatment is warranted.

Here, we’ll distinguish between powdered cocaine, crack cocaine, and methamphetamine as well as the variety of manifestations associated with acute and chronic use of each.

In this chapter, you’ll master identifying the variety of club drug toxidromes and how to effectively treat patients who present with acute intoxication.

This chapter covers interpreting urine drug testing results in the context of opioid prescribing as well as monitoring and reviewing basic drug metabolism principles.