Clinician's Guide to Cocaine Addiction: Theory, Research, and Treatment [Hardcover]

Thomas R. KOSTEN (Editor), Herbert D. Kleber (Editor)

Book Description

Series: The Guilford Substance Abuse Series | Publication Date: July 3, 1992

A product of many years' work by researchers at the renowned Yale Substance Abuse Research Center, this volume constitutes a comprehensive resource on cocaine. Unusually coherent for an edited book, the volume's chapters reflect the contributors' long collaboration in making significant contributions to the field. The Clinician's Guide covers the history of cocaine research, the pharmacology and phenomenology of the drug, and current treatment approaches for cocaine abuse.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Everything you ever wanted to know about cocaine is contained in this comprehensive, highly readable book. It should be of benefit to scholars and researchers, as well as practicing clinicians.' --Charles R. Schuster, Ph.D., National Institute on Drug Abuse

This is a very good book. It makes a real contribution to the practical literature on cocaine. I found it highly informative...it is written at a level that nonspecialists in the area will also find both entertaining and useful.'
--Charles P. O'Brien, Ph.D., Addiction Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania

"I had forgotten how many outstanding researchers in cocaine either are presently or were recently at the Yale Substance Abuse Center...In addition, I had forgotten the breadth of research on cocaine at Yale; from neurochemistry to history to epidemiology to medication development to psychotherapy to genetics to comorbidity. Finally, I had forgotten how many important findings were first described at Yale...Given this wealth of talent, this edited text is much better than other single-university texts...Most chapters provide a well-referenced and fair summary of prior work, plus a presentation of clinical examples and existing programs at Yale...Offers a good description of the more important areas in cocaine research." --John R. Hughes, M.D., The American Journal on Addictions

About the Author

Thomas R. Kosten, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Substance Abuse Research Center at Yale University School of Medicine. A Research Scientist Awardee of the National Institute on Drug Abuse since 1987, he is a member of the Committee for Added Qualifications in Addiction Psychiatry on the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and the board of directors of the Committee on the Problems of Drug Dependence. He is a founding member of the American Academy of Psychiatrists in Alcoholism and Addiction, where he has been chairman for scientific programs and research and currently serves as a member at large. In 1990, the Committee on the Problems of Drug Dependence awarded him the Cochin Award for his contributions to the development of medications to treat substance abuse. He is an editorial board member on a number of professional journals and has published over 200 papers, books, and reviews.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 405 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press (July 3, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898621925
• ISBN-13: 978-0898621921
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,752,797 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)