From the reviews: "This thorough, comprehensive book reviews our current understanding of addictive disorders, including core biology, clinical presentation, and treatment. It also is designed to examine drug abuse and its relationship to, and effect on, a variety of psychiatric and medical illnesses. It is intended for researchers, addiction specialists, psychiatrists, psychologists, pharmacologists, social workers, drug counselors, and trainees as well as healthcare workers who deal with patients with addictions in their clinical practices." (Michael Easton, Doody's Review Service, December, 2012)