Substance abuse disorders are among the most prevalentpsychiatric disorders and are frequently comorbid with otherpsychiatric and health conditions and accompanied by socialproblems; however, they remain under-recognized and under-treated.Many physicians and mental health practitioners receivelittle-to-no training in the identification and treatment of thesedisorders. Approaches to their prevention include some of themajor success stories in modern public health as well as some ofthe deepest controversies in public life. This new title in the WPAseries Evidence and Experience in Psychiatry informspsychiatrists and a wide range of professional groups from healthand social services about these disorders and their treatment andcontrol.'Highly Commended' in the Psychiatry section of the href="bma.org.uk/about-the-bma/bma-library/medical-book-awards/medical-book-awards-winners-listing">2012BMA Book Awards

List of Contributors.Preface.SECTION 1 DRUGS.1 Epidemiology of Drug Abuse: A GlobalOverview (Maria-Elena Medina-Mora, Tania Real andRebeca Robles).2 Drug Abuse: Prevention (Vladimir B. Poznyak,James White and Nicolas Clark).3 Drug Abuse: Treatment and Management (FabrizioSchifano).4 Commentaries.4.1 Measuring, Preventing and Treating Global Drug Abuse(Kylie D. Reed, Mark Prunty and John Strang).4.2 Epidemiology, Treatment and Prevention of AddictiveDisorders (Pedro Ruiz).4.3 The Global Challenge of Illegal Drugs (NeilMcKeganey).4.4 Drug Misuse - Lessons Learned Through the ModernScience (Igor Koutsenok).4.5 An Integrated Approach to Drug-Abuse Treatment: The Role ofPrevention (Abdu'l-Missagh Ghadirian).4.6 Informing the Field of Substance Misuse: Progress andChallenges (David A. Deitch).SECTION 2 ALCOHOL.5 Epidemiology of Alcohol Abuse: Extent and Nature of theProblem (Jayadeep Patra, Andriy V. Samokhvalov andJurgen Rehm).6 The Prevention of Alcohol Problems (John B.Saunders and Noeline C. Latt).7 Alcohol-Use Disorders - Treatment andManagement (Filippo Passetti and ColinDrummond).8 Commentaries.8.1 Perverse Interpretation of Evidence in Alcohol Policy(Steve Allsop).8.2 Implementing the Evidence Base (DuncanRaistrick).8.3 Further Insights into the Burden of Alcohol Use on MentalIllness (Nady el-Guebaly).8.4 Alcohol Issues - What Next? (GriffithEdwards).8.5 The Evolving Global Burden of Disease from Alcohol(Joshua Tsoh and Helen Fung-Kum Chiu).8.6 A Timely Review of Alcohol Related Disorders (Nasser Lozaand Waleed Fawzi).SECTION 3 TOBACCO.9 Epidemiology of Tobacco Use (Ilana B. Crome andMarcus R. Munafo).10 Tobacco Use: Prevention (Adriana Blanco, Verada Costa e Silva and Maristela Monteiro).11 Tobacco Abuse: Treatment andManagement (Susanna Galea).12 Commentaries.12.1 Challenges in Reducing the Disease Burden of TobaccoSmoking (Coral Gartner and Wayne Hall).12.2 Public Health and Tobacco Use (Pim Cuijpers).12.3 Decreasing the Health Hazards of Tobacco: Necessary andPossible, But not Easy (Ahmad Mohit).12.4 Overcoming State Addiction to Tobacco Industry (RobertWest).12.5 The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: The Importanceof Article 14 (Robyn Richmond).12.6 Comments Regarding Epidemiology of Tobacco Use, TobaccoUse: Prevention and Tobacco Abuse: Treatment and Management (YuXin).Index.