"American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients With Substance Use Disorders: Alcohol, Cocaine, Opioids" offers guidance to psychiatrists caring for patients with substance use disorders. It summarizes somatic and psychosocial treatments that are used for such patients, as well as the data relevant to the choice of treatments.
Psychiatrists in any setting who make treatment decisions will find this guideline beneficial. It will help clinicians choose among the many available treatment options when making specific recommendations. Using DSM-IV terminology, recommendations are summarized and coded according to their degree of clinical confidence.
