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Addiction in the Older Patient 2016

Dr Maria Sullivan , Dr Frances Levin
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 ISBN: 9780199392063
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 Format: Paperback
 Category: Psychology

AU $74.76 
 
 
 

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This text focuses on the under-recognized and undertreated problem of addiction in later life. The widespread lack of clinical knowledge about this patient population can be traced to several sources: the systematic exclusion of older individuals from clinical trials; their reluctance to seek medical help owing to stigma and shame; the fact that additive disorders may be disguised by concurrent medical conditions; a lack of screening instruments tailored to an older population; and the low sensitivity of standard diagnostic criteria for detecting addiction in middle-aged and elderly adults who do not display the occupational and legal "red flags" seen in younger individuals. This volume provides the reader with a clear sense of the surprisingly high prevalenceof alcohol and substance use disorders in older adults.