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Detoxification and Substance AbuseTreatment
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: This Treatment Improvement Protocol (TIP) provides clinicians with updated information and expands on the issues commonly encountered in the delivery of detoxification services (p.xv). Chapters following an executive summary are: overview, essential concepts, and definitions in detoxification; settings, levels of care, and patient placement; an overview of psychosocial and biomedical issues during detoxification; physical detoxification services for withdrawal from specific substances; co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions; and financing and organizational issues. Appendixes include sections covering common drug intoxication signs and withdrawal symptoms and screening and assessment instruments.