An accessible, evidence-based guide to screening for and assessing substance use in older adults. Early chapters discuss not only etiology and epidemiology but also comorbidities and management and subsequent sections address the problematic use of specific substances, including: Alcohol; Tobacco; Opioids; Sedatives; Stimulants; and Cannabinoids.
In this new volume, more than 20 contributors translate real-world experience in geriatric psychiatry into an accessible, evidence-based guide that examines not only the etiology and epidemiology of substance use in older patients but also its comorbidities and management.
