ASAM is pleased to announce publication of the Fourth Edition of its landmark textbook, Principles of Addiction Medicine.  Like the widely praised Third Edition, the 2009 edition of Principles provides a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders, as well as the management of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions.

Top-the-line research is offering a wealth of new guidance on everything from risk factors to types of addiction. And now the highly anticipated new edition of a gold-standard reference deepens your understanding and offers new tools to aid your success.  A team of world-renowned thought leaders brings you scientific, evidence-based facts and perspectives on abuse programs, pain and addiction, co-occurring addiction and psychiatric disorders, psychiatry, neuroscience and neurobiology, pharmacologic advances, screening, the brief intervention, laboratory testing, alcohol treatment, and more!

You can depend on bench-to-bedside recommendations that embrace international opinions and shed new light on contemporary issues, such as addiction to the Internet, addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction in children and adolescents, and more.

Principles of Addiction Medicine, Fourth Edition, can be ordered by phoning 1-800/638-3030 Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm EST or visiting Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’ website at http://www.lww.com/product/?978-0-7817-7477-2 .  Price of the 4th edition is $199.00.

To Order call 1-800-638-3030

The mission of the Journal of Addiction Medicine (JAM), the official journal of the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM), is to promote excellence in the practice of addiction medicine and clinical research. JAM functions independently from ASAM in terms of its editorial content. [Journal of Addiction Medicine]