Substance Abuse: A Guide for Health Professionals

Pediatricians and other health care professionals will find this text to be an invaluable resource for all health care professionals. While some progress has been made in recent years, substance abuse among children, adolescents, and expectant mothers continues to be a major problem in the United States. Pediatricians and other health care professionals will find this newly updated text to be an invaluable resource for identifying, assessing, treating, referring, and helping prevent substance abuse in their patients. Topics include risk and protective factors, role of the primary care physician, use of the laboratory, ethical and legal considerations, specific drug information, perinatal exposure, and more.