Clinical guidelines for withdrawal management and treatment of drug dependence in closed settings

These WHO guidelines are designed to assist staff of closed settings to provide safe and effective withdrawal management and treatment services for people who use drugs in the Western Pacific Region. It provides information about drugs and drug dependence; the management of drug withdrawal; and appr...

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Autor Corporativo: World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Western Pacific (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manila : World Health Organization, Western Pacific Region c2009.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Wpro Nonserial Publication
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Sumario:These WHO guidelines are designed to assist staff of closed settings to provide safe and effective withdrawal management and treatment services for people who use drugs in the Western Pacific Region. It provides information about drugs and drug dependence; the management of drug withdrawal; and approaches to treatment for drug dependence. For the purposes of this document, ""closed settings"" refers to prisons, work camps, compulsory drug treatment centers and any other institution in which people are detained. The Guidelines take a public health approach to drug use and dependence. This ap
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (102 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789290614722