The opioid epidemic / Yngvild Olsen, Joshua M. Sharfstein.
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- ISBN: 9780190916022
- ISBN: 0190916028
- ISBN: 9780190916039
- ISBN: 0190916036
- Physical Description: xix, 317 pages ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Section 1: The basics. The basics of opioids and opioid addiction -- Section 2: Individuals and families. Use of opioid medications for pain -- Misuse of opioids -- Opioid addiction -- Opioid overdose -- Treatment for opioid addiction -- Opioids and pregnancy -- Opioids and teenagers -- Opioids and families -- Recovery from opioid addiction -- Section 3: Communities and policy. A historical perspective on the opioid epidemic -- Prevention policy for the opioid epidemic -- Treatment and recovery policy for the opioid epidemic -- Harm reduction policy for the opioid epidemic -- Criminal justice policy and the opioid epidemic -- Surveillance, evaluation, and research and the opioid epidemic -- What to do for the opioid epidemic -- Appendix 1: Definitions of addiction -- Appendix 2: Non-stigmatizing preferred language -- Appendix 3: Definitions of recovery -- Appendix 4: Examples of pharmaceutical opioids available in the United States, December 2018 -- Appendix 5: Diagnostic criteria for opioid use disorder -- Appendix 6: Recovery organizations (listed in alphabetical order). |
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Author Notes
The Opioid Epidemic : What Everyone Needs to KnowR
Yngvild Olsen, MD, MPH, is Medical Director of the Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc., a comprehensive addiction treatment center in Baltimore City. She is the current Vice President and former Chair for Public Policy of the American Society of Addiction Medicine. Olsen consults with governments and healthcare organizations on implementing evidence-based clinical care programs for opioid use disorder. In addition to caring for patients with complex substance use disorders and other medical conditions, she has written and lectured extensively on the opioid epidemic.Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD, is Vice Dean for Public Health Practice and Community Engagement and Professor of the Practice in Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He previously served as the Health Commissioner of Baltimore City, the Principal Deputy Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Health Secretary of the State of Maryland.