edited by Ornella Corazza and Andres Roman-Urrestarazu.
New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
1 online resource
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overcoming the NPS challenge : an introduction / Ornella Corazza & Andres Roman-Urrestarazu -- The need for clinical guidelines on NPS : NEPTUNE / Owen Bowden-Jones & Dima Abdulrahim -- NPS: epidemiology, user group characteristics, patterns, motives and problems / Máté Kapitány-Fövény, Ariel M. Weinstein & Zsolt Demetrovics -- The NPS crisis in British prisons / Shanna Marrinan, Giuseppe Bersani & Ornella Corazza -- Current trends in performance and image enhancing substance use among gym goers, exercisers and athletes / Neha P. Ainsworth, Jake Shelley & Andrea Petróczi -- NPS in emergency rooms : dealing with aggressiveness and psychomotor agitation / Carla Morganti, Attilio Negri, Laura Cazzaniga, Riccardo C. Gatti & Franca Davanzo -- A sentinel and design model of evidence collection on acute drug and NPS toxicity : the euro-den plus project / Luke de la Rue, David M. Wood & Paul I. Dargan -- Novel and traditional club substances association to psychopathological and medical sequelae : the Ibiza project / Giovanni Martinotti, Cristina Merino del Villar, Raffaele Giorgetti, Fabrizio Schifano & Massimo Di Giannantonio -- Spice drugs, synthetic cannabinoids and "spiceophrenia" / Duccio Papanti, Laura Orsolini, John M. Corkery & Fabrizio Schifano -- Synthetic cannabinoids, opioids and polydrug use : clinical implications / Mariya Prilutskaya, Justin C. Yang & Andres Roman-Urrestarazu -- Syntethis cathinones and related fatalities in the United Kingdom / John M. Corkery, Christine Goodair & Hugh Claridge -- Marvin the Paranoid Android & Alice in Wonderland : two case reports of synthetic cathinones abuse / Pierluigi Simonato, Attilio Negri, Marco Solmi & Rita Santacroce -- Clinical aspects related to methylphenidate-based NPS / Dino Lüthi & Matthias E. Liechti -- The worldwide spread of "herbal highs" : the case of kratom / Jessica Neicun, Darshan Singh & Eduardo Cinosi -- Clinical and medical management of conditions caused by MDMA or "ecstasy" / Andrew C. Parrott -- Clinical effects of 2C-B abuse / Esther Papaseit, Clara Pérez-Mañá, Débora González, Francina Fonseca, Marta Torrens & Magí Farré -- "In and out of the hole" : an exploration on phencyclidine derivatives / Attilio Negri & Sulaf Assi -- Fentanyl and related opioids : new trends, dangers, and management / Esther Papaseit, Magí Farré, Clara Pérez-Mañá, Adriana Farré, Francina Fonseca & Marta Torrens -- Designer benzodiazepines : new challenges and treatment options / Peter Maskell & Nathan E. Wilson -- Misuse, recreational use and addiction in relation to prescription medicines / Francesco S. Bersani & Claudio Imperatori.
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Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges that clinicians face when dealing with NPS and discusses how the profile of patients and their socio-demographic characteristics frame the serious public health concern that NPS pose. It presents various clinical cases, as well as detailed accounts of symptoms, psychopathology, toxicity, and overall clinical management that NPS require. This handbook brings together a unique collection of chapters written by leading experts in the field, who have felt the need to share their knowledge and experience to improve the clinical practice on NPS and the wellbeing of their patients.