Addiction Medicine
Addiction medicine is a medical specialty that deals with the treatment of addiction. Addiction Medicine is concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction, of those with substance-related health conditions, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances including nicotine, alcohol, prescription medications and other licit and illicit drugs. Addiction medicine often crosses over into other areas, since various aspects of addiction fall within the fields of public health, psychology, social work, mental health counseling, psychiatry, and internal medicine, among others. Incorporated within the specialty are the processes of detoxification, rehabilitation, harm reduction, abstinence-based treatment, individual and group therapies, oversight of halfway houses, treatment of withdrawal-related symptoms, acute intervention, and long term therapies designed to reduce likelihood of relapse.
Edelweiss publications maintaining the journal of Psychiatry OpenAccess which accepts all the original manuscripts related to Addiction Medicine. It maintains high standards of scientific excellence and its editorial board ensures a rapid peer review process.
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