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Chapter 15 - Drugs to Treat Substance Use Disorders

from Part 2 - Psychopharmacology of the Main Psychotropic Drug Groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 May 2020

By
Julia Sinclair  and
Lesley Peters
Edited by
Peter M. Haddad  and
David J. Nutt
Peter M. Haddad
Affiliation:
Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
David J. Nutt
Affiliation:
Centre for Neuropsychopharmacology, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London
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This chapter deals with drugs used to treat substance use disorders (SUDs) due to nicotine, alcohol, opioids and benzodiazepines. A final section briefly considers other common drugs of misuse.

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Seminars in Clinical Psychopharmacology , pp. 454 - 494
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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