ABSTRACT

Handbook of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges that clinicians face when dealing with NPS and discusses how the profile of patients and their socio-demographic characteristics frame the serious public health concern that NPS pose. It presents various clinical cases, as well as detailed accounts of symptoms, psychopathology, toxicity, and overall clinical management that NPS require. This handbook brings together a unique collection of chapters written by leading experts in the field, who have felt the need to share their knowledge and experience to improve the clinical practice on NPS and the wellbeing of their patients.

chapter 1|6 pages

Overcoming the NPS Challenge

An Introduction

section 1|83 pages

NPS Users

section 2|66 pages

Clinical Recommendations and Best Practices Across Front-Line Health Professionals

section 3|225 pages

Substances, Adverse Effects, and Clinical Management

chapter 12|16 pages

Marvin the Paranoid Android and Alice in Wonderland

Two Case Reports of Synthetic Cathinone Abuse

chapter 14|21 pages

The Worldwide Spread of ‘Herbal Highs’

The Case of Kratom

chapter 17|20 pages

‘In and Out of the Hole’

An Exploration of Phencyclidine Derivatives

chapter 18|18 pages

Fentanyl and Related Opioids

New Trends, Dangers, and Management

chapter 19|22 pages

Designer Benzodiazepines

New Challenges and Treatment Options