Basic and clinical science of opioid addiction / volume editors, Marcus F. Kuntze [and others].

Basel, Switzerland ; New York : Karger, [2003]

viii, 71 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm.

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

Treatment and research -- Critical clinical practice of opiate-assisted treatment -- Follow-up of substance abusers who had left the heroin prescription programme in Geneva -- Perspectives of opiate detoxification treatment -- Methodology -- Opioid maintenance treatment: the development of therapeutic strategies -- Scientific evaluations of opioid-assisted substitution treatment -- Neurosciences -- Dopaminergic dysfunction: a common final pathway of addiction to alcohol, opiates and nicotine? -- Brain imaging in opiate addiction -- Opioids and neurological sequelae -- Psychotherapy -- Experiences of a practicing psychotherapist -- Concluding remarks -- Learning, interneurons and addiction medicine.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.