Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders: A Comprehensive Clinical Handbook

The co-occurrence of PTSD and substance use is as common as it is devastating. Treatment providers often attempt to manage each condition in isolation and fail at both. Back, Vujanovic, and their coauthors do a fantastic job of summarizing the vast research literature in this area in a manner that points to improved clinical strategies. This text will for a long time be the reference for scientists and clinicians alike. If the message of the book is adopted, marked improvements in clinical care will result. -Markus Heilig, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Social and Affective Neuroscience at Linkoeping University and former clinical director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Sweden

Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders is a must read for all those interested in either PTSD or substance use disorders, since they co-occur so frequently. Chapters are authored by leaders in the field and cover everything from assessment through treatment, including every evidence-based program aimed at treating PTSD and substance use, as well as emerging treatments and pharmacotherapy, from adolescence to adulthood. This valuable and comprehensive resource should be on everyone's shelf and is especially timely as we respond as a field to the opioid crisis. This volume will help the many struggling with PTSD and substance use, and the authors and editors deserve our gratitude. -Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD, ABPP, Paul A. Janssen Chair in Neuropsychopharmacology, associate vice chair of clinical research, and professor of psychiatry at the Emory University School of Medicine, and director of the Emory Healthcare Veterans Program and Emory's Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program