Addiction is increasingly being recognized as a major global public health issue, and an ever-growing number of medical specialties, psychological and social science training programs, and professional associations are including addiction as part of their training and continuing education curricula. The first edition of this book presented an overview of the spectrum of addiction-related problems across different cultures around the globe. Sharing the experience and wisdom of more than 260 leading experts in the field, and promoted by the International Society of Addiction Medicine, it compared and contrasted clinical practices in the field of addiction medicine on the basis of neurobiological similarities as well as epidemiological and socio-cultural differences.

Building on the success of this inaugural edition, and taking into account the formal and informal comments received as well as an assessment of current need, this textbook presents general updated information while retaining the most requested sections of the first edition as demonstrated by the number of chapter downloads. It also provides a basic text for those preparing for the ISAM annual certification exam. Written by some 220 international experts, it is a valuable reference resource for anyone interested in medicine, psychology, nursing, and social science.   

1. Basic Sciences & Clinical Foundations: An Intro

2. Neurobiology of Addiction
3. Heritability of AUD evidence from twin studies and GWAS
4. Animal Models for Addiction
5. Burden of Disease: The Epidemiological Aspects of Addiction
6. Cultural Aspects and Responses to Addiction
7. Prevention Strategies and Regional Aspects of Prevention
8. Diagnostic Definition, Criteria and Classification of SUDs
9. Drugs of Abuse and Pharmacotherapies for Substance Use Disorders: Introduction
10. Pharmacological Treatment of Alcohol Use Disorders
11. Benzodiazepine and nonbenzodiazepine hypnotics (Z-drugs)
12. Cannabis Use Disorders and Treatment
13. Cocaine use disorder: Pharmacological treatment
14. Pharmacotherapy of Addiction to Amphetamine Type Stimulants
15. Nicotine and Tobacco
16. Addiction to Caffeine and Other Xanthines
17. Khat Addiction
18. Opioid Addiction and Treatment
19. Addiction to Hallucinogens, Dissociatives, Designer Drugs and "Legal Highs": Update on Potential Therapeutic Use
20. Inhalant Addiction (& Vaping)
21. Anabolic-Androgenic Steroid Related Disorders and Treatment
22. Prescription Drug Abuse: Risks, Diversion and Prevention
23. Behavioural Approaches: An Introduction
24. Motivational Interviewing, Behaviour Change in Addiction Treatment
25. Cognitive Behaviour Therapies for alcohol and other drug use problems
26. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy for Treatment of SUD
27. Mindfulness as Behavioural Approach in Addiction Treatment
28. A Trauma-Informed Approach to Enhancing Addiction Treatment
29. Contingency Management as a Behavioural Approach in Addiction Treatment
30. Group Therapy for Substance Use Disorders
31. Couples & Family Therapy in Treatment of Alcoholism & Drug Abuse
32. Network Therapy in Addiction Treatment
33. CRA and CRAFT: Behavioural Treatments for Both Motivated and Unmotivated Substance Abusing Individuals and their Family Members
34. Exercise for Substance Use Disorders
35. Towards Addiction Treatment: Technological Advances & Applying Technology
36. Cultural Adaptation of Empirically-Validated Therapies for Treating Drug Dependence
37. Multidisciplinary management of acute & chronic pain in the presence of Substance Use Disorder (SUD)
38. Main Elements of Systems Approach to Treatment: An Introduction
39. Treatment Systems for Population Management of Substance Use Disorders: Requirements and Priorities from a Public Health Perspective
40. Screening, Early Detection & Brief Intervention for AUD
41. Clinical Assessment of Alcohol Use Disorders
42. Biological State Marker for Alcohol Consumption
43. Clinical screening for illegal and prescription drug misuse and nicotine use
44. Drug Testing in Addiction Medicine
45. Brief Intervention for Illicit Drug Users
47. Screening and Assessment for People with Substance Use Disorders: A Focus on Developed Countries
48. Stepped Care Models in Addiction Treatment
49. TherapeuticCommunities for Addictions: Essential Elements, Cultural, and Current Issues
50. Spiritual Aspects of the Twelve Step-Method in Addiction Treatment
51. Addiction Recovery in Services & Policy: An International Overview
52. Strategies of Drug Prevention in the Workplace: An International Perspective of Drug Testing and Employee Assistance Programs
53. Harm Reduction Interventions, Policies, Settings and Challenges
54. Policy and Training in Addiction: An Introduction
55. Good Practice and Quality Standards
56. The UN Drug Conventions: Evidence on Effects and Impact
57. Ethical & Legal Aspects of Interventions in Treatment
58. Monitoring and Evaluation of Addiction Treatment
59. Pathways To The Specialty Recognition Of Addiction Medicine (AM)
60. ISAM's International Certification of Addiction Medicine: The First Decade
61. US Programs & Opportunities
62. ISAM Chapter -Undergraduate medical training in substance misuse
63. Behavioural Addictions and ManagementA