58. Substance Abuse: Cocaine Use Disorders

  1. Allan Tasman Professor Chair4,
  2. Jerald Kay Professor Chair5,
  3. Jeffrey A. Lieberman Lawrence Kolb Professor Chairman Director Psychiatrist in Chief6,7,8,
  4. Michael B. First Professor of Clinical Psychiatry6,7,9,
  5. Mario Maj Professor Chair10
  1. Jennifer R. Baker1,
  2. Charles Y. Jin2,
  3. Elinore F. McCance-Katz3

Published Online: 8 AUG 2008

DOI: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch58

Psychiatry, Third Edition

Psychiatry, Third Edition

How to Cite

Baker, J. R., Jin, C. Y. and McCance-Katz, E. F. (2008) Substance Abuse: Cocaine Use Disorders, in Psychiatry, Third Edition (eds A. Tasman, J. Kay, J. A. Lieberman, M. B. First and M. Maj), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/9780470515167.ch58

Editor Information

  1. 4

    Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA

  2. 5

    Department of Psychiatry, Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Dayton, OH, USA

  3. 6

    Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

  4. 7

    New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA

  5. 8

    Columbia University Medical Center, New York – Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, USA

  6. 9

    Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

  7. 10

    Department of Psychiatry, University of Naples, Naples, Italy

Author Information

  1. 1

    Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA

  2. 2

    Department of Psychiatry, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

  3. 3

    Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 AUG 2008
  2. Published Print: 16 APR 2008

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470065716

Online ISBN: 9780470515167

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Keywords:

  • cocaine abuse;
  • cocaine dependence;
  • substance abuse treatment;
  • cocaine pharmacotherapy

Summary

Chapter 58, Substance Abuse Disorders: Cocaine Use Disorders, provides the reader with a review of the epidemiology, neurobiology, diagnosis of cocaine use disorders and cocaine- related disorders, and treatment of these disorders. The text emphasizes evidence-based psychosocial therapies for the treatment of cocaine use disorders and provides a review of research in the area of cocaine pharmacotherapy development.