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This extensively revised new edition provides a practical guide to understanding, assessing and managing physical, psychological and social complications related to drug and alcohol use. It presents a clear review of the aetiology, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of the problematic use of and dependence on alcohol, illicit and prescribed drugs. In doing so it strikes a balance between theory, recent research and practical clinical guidance. New chapters focus on novel psychiatric substances, smoking cessation interventions, mutual aid groups and family interventions. Written by leading specialists in the field and closely following the MRCPsych curriculum, this book is an ideal resource for trainees preparing for their RCPsych membership examinations, but is also relevant to psychiatrists at all career levels. It will also appeal to other healthcare professionals, all of whom should be able to screen for alcohol and drug use disorders, deliver brief interventions, and signpost those with more severe disorders to specialist care.

Substance abuse. --- Compulsive behavior. --- Addictive behavior --- Behavior, Compulsive --- Compulsion (Psychology) --- Impulse --- Psychology, Pathological --- Obsessive-compulsive disorder --- Abuse of substances --- Addiction, Substance --- Chemical dependence --- Chemical dependency --- Substance addiction --- Substance dependence --- Substance-related disorders --- Substance use disorders

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This book contributes to one of the most challenging areas of mental health: substance misuse. Its focus is on the psychopathological experiences associated with it: both the consequences of substance misuse and the existential vulnerabilities that lead to it, even if such a clear-cut distinction is rarely possible. The work brings an innovative perspective to the issue, as it draws on two scientific fields whose association has not yet been fully explored: phenomenological psychopathology and substance misuse studies. The association of these two perspectives could build a greater understanding of this important topic and be of practical help to a wide array of professionals in their clinical practice. The structure of the book is inspired by this overall perspective. Its division into three parts is designed to introduce the reader, in a stepwise manner, to the complexities of the theme, based on the latest advances in the specific literature. The broad objective of this work is therefore to offer a useful instrument for mental health clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, undergraduate students of these disciplines, and all substance abuse workers. .

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Addiction in its various forms represents an enormous challenge to society. Worldwide, it has been estimated that alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs were responsible of more than 10 million deaths (Anderson et al, 2018), with a higher impact in developed countries where substance use disorders have been identified as responsible for life expectancy reversals (Rehm et al, 2016). Societal and medical responses to the problem are far from optimal, but the appearance of new technologies offers room for improvement, and lots of new initiatives have been launched and developed. In this Special Issue, we will describe and discuss how these new tools are helping to improve the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. We will cover a wide variety of novelties that are being applied to addiction; e-health, APPs, digital phenotyping, ecological momentary assessment and interventions, wearable technology, computer-assisted tests, transcraneal magnetic stimulation, and virtual reality are just some examples of developments in a field that promises to create a real revolution in the assessment and treatment of addictions.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- addiction --- memory --- assessment --- substance use disorder --- internet gaming disorder --- semi-structured diagnostic interview --- psychometric properties --- adolescents --- drinking reduction --- nalmefene --- phase-IV trial --- 6 months --- observational --- gambling disorder (GD) --- cocaine use disorder (CUD) --- craving --- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) --- Gambling-Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) --- dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) --- alcohol dependence --- transdermal sensor --- attitudes --- stigma --- cerebellum --- cannabis --- implicit motor learning --- motor adaptation --- visuomotor rotation --- cannabidiol --- CBD --- psychosis --- schizophrenia --- substance use disorders --- alternative reward --- cue exposure --- animal and computational models --- behavioral control --- craving and relapse --- habit formation --- ALCO-VR --- virtual reality --- cue-exposure --- alcohol use disorder --- alcohol craving --- anxiety --- social drinkers --- Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer --- amygdala --- alcohol --- polygenic risk --- high risk drinkers --- treatment --- assessment instruments --- digital health --- reward --- transgenic mice --- optogenetics --- self-administration --- cocaine --- amphetamine --- addiction --- memory --- assessment --- substance use disorder --- internet gaming disorder --- semi-structured diagnostic interview --- psychometric properties --- adolescents --- drinking reduction --- nalmefene --- phase-IV trial --- 6 months --- observational --- gambling disorder (GD) --- cocaine use disorder (CUD) --- craving --- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) --- Gambling-Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) --- dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) --- alcohol dependence --- transdermal sensor --- attitudes --- stigma --- cerebellum --- cannabis --- implicit motor learning --- motor adaptation --- visuomotor rotation --- cannabidiol --- CBD --- psychosis --- schizophrenia --- substance use disorders --- alternative reward --- cue exposure --- animal and computational models --- behavioral control --- craving and relapse --- habit formation --- ALCO-VR --- virtual reality --- cue-exposure --- alcohol use disorder --- alcohol craving --- anxiety --- social drinkers --- Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer --- amygdala --- alcohol --- polygenic risk --- high risk drinkers --- treatment --- assessment instruments --- digital health --- reward --- transgenic mice --- optogenetics --- self-administration --- cocaine --- amphetamine

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Addiction in its various forms represents an enormous challenge to society. Worldwide, it has been estimated that alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs were responsible of more than 10 million deaths (Anderson et al, 2018), with a higher impact in developed countries where substance use disorders have been identified as responsible for life expectancy reversals (Rehm et al, 2016). Societal and medical responses to the problem are far from optimal, but the appearance of new technologies offers room for improvement, and lots of new initiatives have been launched and developed. In this Special Issue, we will describe and discuss how these new tools are helping to improve the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. We will cover a wide variety of novelties that are being applied to addiction; e-health, APPs, digital phenotyping, ecological momentary assessment and interventions, wearable technology, computer-assisted tests, transcraneal magnetic stimulation, and virtual reality are just some examples of developments in a field that promises to create a real revolution in the assessment and treatment of addictions.

Humanities --- Social interaction --- addiction --- memory --- assessment --- substance use disorder --- internet gaming disorder --- semi-structured diagnostic interview --- psychometric properties --- adolescents --- drinking reduction --- nalmefene --- phase-IV trial --- 6 months --- observational --- gambling disorder (GD) --- cocaine use disorder (CUD) --- craving --- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) --- Gambling-Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) --- dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) --- alcohol dependence --- transdermal sensor --- attitudes --- stigma --- cerebellum --- cannabis --- implicit motor learning --- motor adaptation --- visuomotor rotation --- cannabidiol --- CBD --- psychosis --- schizophrenia --- substance use disorders --- alternative reward --- cue exposure --- animal and computational models --- behavioral control --- craving and relapse --- habit formation --- ALCO-VR --- virtual reality --- cue-exposure --- alcohol use disorder --- alcohol craving --- anxiety --- social drinkers --- Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer --- amygdala --- alcohol --- polygenic risk --- high risk drinkers --- treatment --- assessment instruments --- digital health --- reward --- transgenic mice --- optogenetics --- self-administration --- cocaine --- amphetamine

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Addiction in its various forms represents an enormous challenge to society. Worldwide, it has been estimated that alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs were responsible of more than 10 million deaths (Anderson et al, 2018), with a higher impact in developed countries where substance use disorders have been identified as responsible for life expectancy reversals (Rehm et al, 2016). Societal and medical responses to the problem are far from optimal, but the appearance of new technologies offers room for improvement, and lots of new initiatives have been launched and developed. In this Special Issue, we will describe and discuss how these new tools are helping to improve the assessment and treatment of substance use disorders. We will cover a wide variety of novelties that are being applied to addiction; e-health, APPs, digital phenotyping, ecological momentary assessment and interventions, wearable technology, computer-assisted tests, transcraneal magnetic stimulation, and virtual reality are just some examples of developments in a field that promises to create a real revolution in the assessment and treatment of addictions.

addiction --- memory --- assessment --- substance use disorder --- internet gaming disorder --- semi-structured diagnostic interview --- psychometric properties --- adolescents --- drinking reduction --- nalmefene --- phase-IV trial --- 6 months --- observational --- gambling disorder (GD) --- cocaine use disorder (CUD) --- craving --- repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) --- Gambling-Symptoms Assessment Scale (G-SAS) --- dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) --- alcohol dependence --- transdermal sensor --- attitudes --- stigma --- cerebellum --- cannabis --- implicit motor learning --- motor adaptation --- visuomotor rotation --- cannabidiol --- CBD --- psychosis --- schizophrenia --- substance use disorders --- alternative reward --- cue exposure --- animal and computational models --- behavioral control --- craving and relapse --- habit formation --- ALCO-VR --- virtual reality --- cue-exposure --- alcohol use disorder --- alcohol craving --- anxiety --- social drinkers --- Pavlovian-to-instrumental transfer --- amygdala --- alcohol --- polygenic risk --- high risk drinkers --- treatment --- assessment instruments --- digital health --- reward --- transgenic mice --- optogenetics --- self-administration --- cocaine --- amphetamine