Adicciones. Uso de sustancias psicoactivas y presentaciones clínicas de la enfermedad adictiva, 1e

Addictions: Psychoactive Substances Use and Clinical Presentations of Addictive Disorders

Marcela Waisman Campos, Antonio Benabarre Hernández
Editorial Medica Panamericana
452 pages
ISBN: 9789500697491
April 2026

The main psychoactive substances, such as tobacco, alcohol, cannabis, stimulants and opioids, among others, contain chemical compounds that significantly impact brain function and interfere with one or more endogenous signaling systems. Several of the addictions related to them have generated an alarming increase in overdose rates, morbidity and deaths, and occupy an increasingly significant portion of the work of psychiatrists, psychologists and other health professionals. Due to their prevalence and significant impact on public health, the economy and society in general, it is essential that all of them deepen their knowledge of addictions, both those linked to numerous substances and behavioral addictions. In this second edition of the work, Dr. Marcela Waisman Campos and Dr. Antonio Benabarre Hernández present a comprehensive and highly up-to-date work. Addictions is aimed especially at psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical physicians, general practitioners, family doctors and primary care physicians, and other health professionals, such as nurses, therapeutic assistants and educators, who work with people immersed in this issue. All of them will find it an enjoyable and fluid read, and it will provide them with broad knowledge and valuable tools to indicate better therapeutic and preventive interventions that benefit their patients and the community as a whole.