Absolute Addiction Psychiatry Review An Essential Board Exam Study Guide

This book serves as a tool for general psychiatrists, medical students, residents, and fellows looking for a clinically relevant and high-yield overview of addiction psychiatry in preparation for their board exams – or for everyday clinical practice.  Written by expert educators in addiction psychiatry, the text is organized by substances misused and populations affected. This book serves as both a primary learning tool for those new to the field, as well as a reference for those working in addiction treatment. Each chapter begins with summaries of high yield clinical pearls, followed by general information including treatment, and then ends with accompanying board-style review questions. The scope includes understanding substances of misuse and substance use disorders (SUDs), how to evaluate, diagnose, and monitor SUDs, how to treat SUDs both pharmacologically and behaviorally, and critical information for specific populations of patients.

Absolute Addiction Psychiatry for Clinical Practice and Review is an excellent resource for all medical students, residents, fellows, and professionals taking certification exams in addiction, including those in psychiatry, addiction medicine, emergency medicine, internal medicine, pain medicine, and others.

The chapter "Laboratory Testing for Substance Use Disorders" is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Part 1- Diagnosis, Treatment Modalities and Settings, Recovery

1.       Evaluation and diagnosis of Substance Use Disorder

2.       Addiction Treatment Settings and Levels of Care

3.       Recovery from Addiction and Treatment Moniotring

4.       Non-pharmacologic Treatment across Substances

5.       Special Focus:  Issues in the US Opioid Epidemic

Part 2- Substances and their Treatments

7.       Alcohol

8.       Benzodiazepines

9.       Cannabis

10.   Opioids

11.   Stimulants- Cocaine and Amphetamines

12.   Steroids, Dissociatives, Club Drugs, Inhalants, Hallucinogens

Part 3- Populations

13.   Adolescents and Students

14.   Women and Pregnancy

15.   Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans (LGBT)

16.   Underserved Populations

17.   Older Adults

18.   Co-occurring Medical Disorders

19.   Co-occurring Psychiatric Disorders

Carla Marienfeld, MD
Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry
Medical Director Addiction Recovery and Treatment Program
Program Director UCSD Addiction Psychiatry Fellowship
University of California, San Diego