Clinical Manual of Addiction Psychopharmacology

Psychiatrists in the US summarize the current knowledge of using drugs to fight drugs, noting that the US Food and Drug Administration has approved pharmacotherapy only for addiction to nicotine, opioids, and alcohol. In addition to these, they consider sedative-hypnotics, cannabis, cocaine and psychostimulants, hallucinogens and phencyclidine, club drugs, and inhalants. A final chapter provides an overview of the approach. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR