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1 Salem Health: Addictions & Substance Abuse Table of Contents Publisher's Note Editor's Introduction Contributors Complete List of Contents Abstinence-based treatment Addiction Addiction medications Addiction medicine Addictive personality Adult children of alcoholics Advertising for alcohol Advertising for tobacco products Aerosols Age and addiction Alcohol abuse and alcoholism: In depth Alcohol abuse and alcoholism: Overview Alcohol abuse and alcoholism: Treatment Alcoholics Anonymous Alcohol poisoning Alcohol: Short- and long-term effects on the body Alternative therapies for addiction Amphetamine abuse Anabolic steroids Anesthesia abuse Anhedonia Anorexia nervosa Antabuse Anticholinergics Anxiety Anxiety medication abuse Autoerotic asphyxiation Baclofen Barbiturates Behavioral addictions: Overview Behavioral addictions: Treatment Behavioral therapies for addiction Benzodiazepine abuse Betty Ford Center Binge drinking Bipolar disorder and addiction Birth defects and alcohol Birth defects and drug use Birth defects and smoking Blood alcohol content (BAC) Body modification addiction Brain changes with addiction

2 Bulimia Bupropion Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Caffeinated alcoholic drinks Caffeine addiction Caffeine: Short- and long-term effects on the body Canada's Drug Strategy (CDS) Cancer and substance abuse Celebrities and substance abuse Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT) Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Canada) Children and behavioral addictions China White Choking game Chronic bronchitis Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Cigarettes and cigars Cirque Lodge Cleanliness addiction Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) Club drugs Cocaine Anonymous Cocaine use disorder Codeine Codependency Coffee Cognitive behavioral therapy College and substance abuse Compulsions Computer addiction Conduct disorders Controlled Substances Act (CSA) Controlled substances and precursor chemicals Co-occurring disorders Cough and cold medications Crack Crime and behavioral addictions Crime and substance abuse Cross-addiction Cutting and self-mutilation D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) Date rape drugs Debtors Anonymous Decriminalization of drugs in the United States Dependence Depressants abuse Depression Designated drivers Designer drugs Detoxification

3 Dextroamphetamine Dextromethorphan Diagnosis methods DMT Domestic violence and addiction Dopamine and addiction Drug abuse and addiction: In depth Drug abuse and addiction: Overview Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Drugged driving Drug interactions Drug paraphernalia Drug testing Drunk driving DSM-IV criteria for behavioral addictions DSM-IV criteria for substance use disorders Economic impact of addiction Education about substance abuse Elderly and addictions Emergency treatment Emetic abuse Emphysema Ephedrine Esophageal cancer Ethanol Exercise addiction Families and behavioral addictions Families and substance abuse Fentanyl Fetal alcohol syndrome Flashbacks Food addiction Gamblers Anonymous Gambling addiction Gaming addiction Gasoline Gateway drugs Gender and addiction Genetics and substance abuse GHB Government warnings Group therapy for behavioral addictions Group therapy for substance abuse Halfway houses Hallucinogen abuse Hallucinogens: Short- and long-term effects on the body Harm reduction Hashish Hazelden Foundation

4 Health disparities and substance abuse Heart attacks and substance abuse Heroin History of addiction HIV/AIDS and substance abuse Hoarding Homelessness Household chemicals of abuse Hydrocodone Impulse control disorders Inhalants abuse Insurance for addiction treatment Internet addiction Intervention Intoxication Intravenous drug use and blood-borne diseases Jail diversion programs Just Say No campaign Ketamine Kleptomania Laryngeal cancer Law enforcement and drugs Laxative abuse Legislation and substance abuse Leukoplakia Librium Liver disease and alcohol use Love and relationship addiction LSD Lung cancer Marijuana Marriage/partnership and alcoholism Marriage/partnership and behavioral addictions Marriage/partnership and substance abuse MDMA Media and behavioral addictions Media and smoking Media and substance abuse Medical marijuana Memory loss and substance abuse Men and behavioral addictions Men and smoking Men and substance abuse Mental illness Mescaline Methadone Methamphetamine Meth labs

5 Military and substance abuse Minnesota Model Models of addiction Monitoring the Future Morphine Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Mushrooms/psilocybin Naloxone Naltrexone Narcotics abuse Narcotics Anonymous Narcotics: Short- and long-term effects on the body National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institute on Drug Abuse Newborn addicts Nicotine addiction Nicotine replacement products Nitrazepam Nitrous oxide Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Opioid abuse Opium Outpatient treatment Overdose Overeaters Anonymous Over-the-counter drugs of abuse Oxycodone Pain addiction Painkiller abuse Panic disorders and addiction Paraphilias Parenting and alcoholism Parenting and behavioral addictions Parenting and substance abuse PCP Peer pressure Phoenix House Physiological dependence Pipes and hookahs Poppers Pornography addiction Post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction Poverty and substance abuse Pregnancy and alcohol Pregnancy and drug use Pregnancy and smoking Prescription drug addiction: In depth Prescription drug addiction: Overview Prevention methods and research Prison and substance abuse

6 Promises Treatment Centers Pseudoaddiction Psychological dependence Psychosis and substance abuse Pyromania Recovery Recreational drugs Rehabilitation programs Relapse Residential treatment Respiratory diseases and smoking Risk factors for addiction Ritalin Rohypnol Routes of administration Safe and drug-free schools Salvia divinorum Schizophrenia and addiction Schools and substance abuse Science of addiction Screening for behavioral addictions Secondhand smoke Sedative-Hypnotic abuse Self-destructive behavior and addiction Self-medication Sex addiction Sexual assault and alcohol use Sexual assault and drug use Sexual stimulant abuse Shopping/spending addiction Slang Sleeping pills Smoking Smoking cessation Smoking cessation for older adults Smoking: Short- and long-term effects on the body Sober living environments Social media addiction Socioeconomic status and addiction Solvents Soma Sponsors Steroid abuse Stigma of addiction Stimulant abuse Stimulants: Short- and long-term effects on the body Stress and alcohol Stress and drug abuse Stress and smoking Students Against Drestructive Decisions (SADD) Suboxone

7 Substance abuse Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Sugar addiction Suicide and addiction Support groups Symptoms of substance abuse Teens/young adults and alcohol abuse Teens/young adults and drug abuse Teens/young adults and smoking Television addiction Temazepam Tobacco use disorder Tolerance Tramadol Treatment methods and research Trends and statistics: Alcohol abuse Trends and statistics: Behavioral addictions Trends and statistics: Illegal drug use Trends and statistics: Prescription drug abuse Trends and statistics: Smoking Trichotillomania Twelve-step programs for addicts Twelve-step programs for family and friends Valium Veterans and addiction Vicodin War on Drugs Withdrawal Women and behavioral addictions Women and smoking Women and substance abuse Work addiction Work issues and behavioral addictions Work issues and substance abuse Glossary General Bibliography Web Site Directory Substances of Abuse List and Cross References Pharmaceutical Treatments Treatment Centers and Programs Addictions Support Groups and Organizations Timeline of Major Developments in Addictions and Substance Abuse Categorical Index Subject Index

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