Part I. The Basics
Chapter 1. Overview
Chapter 2. Definitions of Substance Dependence
Chapter 3. Pharmacology of Psychoactive Substances
Part II. Psychoactive Substance Dependencies
Chapter 4. Alcohol Dependence
Chapter 5. Sedative-hypnotic Dependence
Chapter 6. Opioid Dependence
Chapter 7. Stimulant Dependence Chapter 8. Nicotine Dependence
Chapter 9. Cannabis Dependence
Chapter 10. Dissociative Drug Dependence
Chapter 11. Inhalant Dependence
Chapter 12. Hallucinogen Dependence
Chapter 13. Anabolic Steroid Dependence
Part III: Diagnosis, Treatment, Recovery, Relapse, and the Family
Chapter 14. Diagnosis Chapter 15. Treatment
Chapter 16. Recovery
Chapter 17. Relapse
Chapter 18. The Family
Part IV. Special Groups
Chapter 19. Women
Chapter 20. Adolescents
Chapter 21. The Elderly
Chapter 22. Other Groups Chapter 23. The Impaired Physician
About the Author: H. Thomas Milhorn, MD, PhD
Director, Didactics Section
East Central HealthNet Family Medicine Residency Program
Meridian, Mississippi
Formerly Professor of Family Medicine, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, and
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Jackson, Mississippi
