Table of Contents

Contents

• Dependence: concepts and definitions. J. Chick & R. Cantwell.
• Illicit drug use: aetiology, epidemiology and prevention. M. Farrell & J. Strang.
• Illicit drug use: clinical features and treatment. J. Strang & M. Farrell.
• Dependence on prescribed and socially tolerated substances. J. Marks.
• Epidemiology and primary prevention of alcohol misuse. B. Ritson.
• Aetiology of alcohol misuse. C. Cook.
• Alcohol misuse: clinical features and treatment. R. Cantwell & J. Chick.
• The cognitive-behavioural approach to the management of addictive behaviour. B. Saunders.
• Psychiatric syndromes associated with drug and alcohol misuse. J. S. Madden.
• Medical aspects of drug and alcohol misuse. T.G. Dinan & K. O'Flynn.
• Organising treatment services for drug and alcohol misusers. S. Unnithan, B. Ritson & J. Strang.