Methadone treatment for opioid dependence /

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Imprint:Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1999.
Description:x, 334 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4274053
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Other authors / contributors:Strain, Eric C.
Stitzer, Maxine L.
ISBN:0801861365 (hbk. : alk. paper)
0801861373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Contributors
  • Preface
  • List of Abbreviations
  • 1. Introduction and Historical Overview
  • 2. Regulatory, Cost, and Policy Issues
  • 3. The Pharmacology of Methadone
  • 4. Beginning and Ending Methadone Dosing: Induction and Withdrawal
  • 5. Methadone Dose during Maintenance Treatment
  • 6. Other Substance Use Disorders in Methadone Treatment: Prevalence, Consequences, Detection, and Management
  • 7. Comorbid Medical Disorders
  • 8. Assessment and Treatment of Comorbid Psychiatric Disorders
  • 9. Integrating Psychosocial Services with Methadone Treatment: Behaviorally Contingent Pharmacotherapy
  • 10. Contingency Management Therapies
  • 11. Practical Issues of Program Organization and Operation
  • 12. Special Treatment Issues for Women
  • 13. Other Medications for Opioid Dependence
  • Index