This extensively revised new edition provides a practical guide to understanding, assessing and managing physical, psychological and social complications related to drug and alcohol use. It presents a clear review of the aetiology, epidemiology, prevention and treatment of the problematic use of and dependence on alcohol, illicit and prescribed drugs. In doing so it strikes a balance between theory, recent research and practical clinical guidance. New chapters focus on novel psychiatric su...

Retired Floridian’s Guide to Golf, or: Dad, Thanks for the Golf ClubsBy: Ed DayRetired Floridian's Guide to Golf, or: Dad, Thanks for the Golf Clubs is a delightfully humorous peek into the life of Ed Day and his time on the golf course. The characters he golfs with and the shenanigans they get into—and out of—will leave you in stitches!About the AuthorEd Day lives in Port St. Lucie with his wife Annette. Every Monday, he rakes sand traps and fills divots on ...

You've read your textbook and your course notes. Now you need to apply your knowledge to real life clinical situations.The problem-solving approach of Core Clinical Cases guides you to think of the patient as a whole, rather than as a sequence of unconnected symptoms. With its emphasis on everyday practice strongly linked to underlying theory, the series integrates your knowledge with the realities of managing clinical problems, and provides a basis for developing sound an...