Epidemiology and trends in drug abuse -- The role of inhibitory control in drug abuse -- Automatic and controlled processes in the pathway from drug abuse to addiction -- Personality and Substance Misuse: Evidence for a Four-Factor Model of Vulnerability -- Compulsive drug use and brain reward systems -- Animal models in addiction research -- Genetic contributions to individual differences in vulnerability to addiction and abilities to quit -- Pharmacological treatment of drug abuse and addiction in medical illness -- Alcohol -- Nicotine -- Cannabis -- Cocaine -- Ecstasy and LSD -- Inhalants -- Ketamine Prescription drug misuse across the lifespan: A developmental perspective -- Anxiolytics and Sedatives -- Opiates and other pain killers -- Anabolic steroids -- Anxiety Disorders -- Depression and bipolar disorder --  ADHD -- Autism and Alcoholism’s Genetic Overlap -- Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.   Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.   Compulsive drug use and brain reward systems -- Animal models in addiction research -- Genetic contributions to individual differences in vulnerability to addiction and abilities to quit -- Pharmacological treatment of drug abuse and addiction in medical illness -- Alcohol -- Nicotine -- Cannabis -- Cocaine -- Ecstasy and LSD -- Inhalants -- Ketamine Prescription drug misuse across the lifespan: A developmental perspective -- Anxiolytics and Sedatives -- Opiates and other pain killers -- Anabolic steroids -- Anxiety Disorders -- Depression and bipolar disorder --  ADHD -- Autism and Alcoholism’s Genetic Overlap -- Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.   Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.     Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.   Compulsive drug use and brain reward systems -- Animal models in addiction research -- Genetic contributions to individual differences in vulnerability to addiction and abilities to quit -- Pharmacological treatment of drug abuse and addiction in medical illness -- Alcohol -- Nicotine -- Cannabis -- Cocaine -- Ecstasy and LSD -- Inhalants -- Ketamine Prescription drug misuse across the lifespan: A developmental perspective -- Anxiolytics and Sedatives -- Opiates and other pain killers -- Anabolic steroids -- Anxiety Disorders -- Depression and bipolar disorder --  ADHD -- Autism and Alcoholism’s Genetic Overlap -- Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.   Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.     Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma -- Seizures and epilepsy -- Medication overuse headache: causes, consequences and treatment -- Addiction and Parkinson's Disease -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders -- Dreams and Nightmares -- Drug abuse in cardiovascular diseases -- Liver Disease -- Hyperkinetic movement disorders -- Alcohol and cancer -- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder -- Drug abuse and addiction in elderly -- Aggression and antisocial behavior -- Suicidal Behavior in alcohol and drug abuse -- Gambling and drug abuse -- Parental control, raising, role models and drug abuse -- Legal aspects of drug misuse -- Occupational impact of drug abuse and addiction -- Drug abuse and Traffic Safety -- Medical student and physician education on drug abuse -- School-based alcohol and other drug prevention.   Compulsive drug use and brain reward systems -- Animal models in addiction research -- Genetic contributions to individual differences in vulnerability to addiction and abilities to quit -- Pharmacological treatment of drug abuse and addiction in medical illness -- Alcohol -- Nicotine -- Cannabis -- Cocaine -- Ecstasy and LSD -- Inhalants -- Ketamine Prescription drug misuse across the lifespan: A developmental perspective -- Anxiolytics and Sedatives -- Opiates and other pain killers -- Anabolic steroids -- Anxiety Disorders -- Depression and bipolar disorder --  ADHD -- Autism and Alcoholism’s Genetic Overlap -- Personality disorders -- Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Trauma --.

Drug abuse and addiction are common in clinical practice. Often they interfere with patient treatment or require an alternative approach. Drug Abuse and Addiction in Medical Illness: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment is a major contribution to the literature, a gold standard title offering a comprehensive range of topics for those who care for patients with addiction, conduct research in this area, or simply have an interest in the field.   Offering state-of-the-art information for all those working with drug abusing or addicted patients, or for those interested in this topic from other research perspectives, the volume is a first of its kind book -- rich, comprehensive, yet focused, addressing the needs of the very active theoretical, basic, and clinical research in the field. Comprised of 46 chapters organized in four sections and developed by the leading international experts, Drug Abuse and Addiction in Medical Illness: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment covers virtually every core, as well as contemporary, topic on addiction, from the established theories to the most modern research and development in the field.  Enhancing the educational value of the volume, every chapter includes an abstract and two boxes summarizing learning objectives and directions for future research.  Drug Abuse and Addiction in Medical Illness: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment discusses the topic in a authoritative, systematic manner and is an indispensable reference for all clinicians and researchers interested in this rapidly changing field.