Offering a first-of-its-kind framework for hospital-based substance use disorder (SUD) screening, evaluation, and treatment,The Hospital Addiction Medicine Handbookis an essential reference designed to transform the care that health systems offer to patients with SUD. Drs. Melissa B. Weimer and Susan L. Calcaterra, along with a team of contributing experts in the field, offer practical guidance to multi-specialty hospital-based clinicians and healthcare leaders to expand essential SUD care in the hospital setting. Substance-focused chapters present real-world cases followed by evidence-based guidance in a problem-based, practical format.

• Covers themost common scenarios and conditionsfor substance use disorders in the hospital setting, as well asinstitutional considerationssuch as business considerations, infrastructure development, and electronic health record optimizations
• Begins each chapter with a grounding patient or clinician story and then focuses onspecific evidence-informed strategiesto address the needs of hospitalized individuals with SUD
• Presents clear examples ofcurrent gaps in substance use disorder care, care opportunities,andexamples of best carein a clear and readable narrative format
• Amuch-needed resourcefor health care professionals at all levels of training and practice, including hospital-based physicians; advanced practice professionals; and those working in addiction medicine, psychiatry, emergency medicine, internal medicine, family medicine, women's health, anesthesia, palliative care, and hospital administration