TEXT BOOK ON ABUSE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS

This Text Book on Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs is designed to help students to understand the various aspects and complete understanding of substance use disorders, as a guide for teachers and students of Nursing on the knowledge and skills in managing clients with substance use disorder. Compilation of this book has been made specially to understand the concepts of alcohol, Assessment of alcohol client, Diagnosis, its complications and management, laws and policies. It also emphasized the role of self esteem and the effectiveness of counselling in dealing with alcoholic clients. This book can be the basis of a firm foundation for more advance studies and enable the reader to gain a through understanding of abuse of alcohol and drugs.