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  • Chapter 3 - Illicit Drug Use: Clinical Features and Treatment

  • Edited by Ed Day
  • Book:
    Seminars in Addiction Psychiatry
    Published online:
    02 November 2021
    Print publication:
    04 November 2021, pp 42-67

  • Summary

    This chapter starts by describing the key features of drug use disorders and how to assess them, including using objective tests of substance use. The principles of medical treatment are described, incorporating harm reduction strategies, medically assisted withdrawal, agonist therapies and relapse prevention. Opiates are used as a case study to consider the theory and practicalities of each approach, before describing how to integrate psychosocial interventions into an integrated approach to treatment. Stimulants and cannabis are then considered, before a review of the overarching concept of recovery and its application in recovery-orientated systems of care.