Why is it so difficult to quit smoking? Often the main obstacle is the fear of failing. The situation is no different for health professionals, especially doctors. They too often stop because of their fear of failure, or get discouraged, thinking they might not have the skills to help people quit smoking. Yet encourage and support patients to stop smoking is one of the primary tasks of the doctor, as you can well understand the harmful consequences of smoking on health. Moreover, the treatment of smoking is not complicated, if you have some basic skills: pharmacologic treatment, patient-doctor communication and motivational interviewing. This book comes from daily practice. The author explains in a very direct way the art of “tobaccology”, with simulated examples and useful tricks. Current and relevant data on epidemiology, neurobiology of addiction, risks, comorbidity and treatment are then provided.
Helping People to Give Up Smoking Can Be Easy
| Pubblication date | October 2012 |
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| Language | |
| Format | 17 × 24 cm |
| Number pages | 152 |
| ISBN | 978-88-9741-933-4 |
| ISBN e-book | 978-88-9741-934-1
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Why is it so difficult to quit smoking? Often the main obstacle is the fear of failing. The situation is no different for health professionals, especially doctors. They too often stop because of their fear of failure, or get discouraged, thinking they might not have the skills to help people quit smoking. Yet encourage and support patients to stop smoking is one of the primary tasks of the doctor, as you can well understand the harmful consequences of smoking on health. Moreover, the treatment of smoking is not complicated, if you have some basic skills: pharmacologic treatment, patient-doctor communication and motivational interviewing. This book comes from daily practice. The author explains in a very direct way the art of "tobaccology", with simulated examples and useful tricks. Current and relevant data on epidemiology, neurobiology of addiction, risks, comorbidity and treatment are then provided.
Target
General practitioners, internists, relatives, smokers, specialists, students.
20,00€
Fabio Lugoboni
| Pubblication date | October 2012 |
|---|---|
| Language | |
| Format | 17 × 24 cm |
| Number pages | 152 |
| ISBN | 978-88-9741-933-4 |
| ISBN e-book | 978-88-9741-934-1
Buy our ebooks in the main online stores
Buy ebook
|
Summary
The practice
- Health workers and smoking
- The smoker: a stranger Motivation
- The time
- The setting
- The actor’s suitcase
- Behind the desk, back to work
- Group therapy
- How to avoid relapses
- The problem of weight increase
- The patient who does not want to try to give up smoking
The theory
- Smoking and health
- Neurochemical addiction
- Behavioral and psychological aspects of smoking
- Understanding personal motivation
- Facing patient’s resistance with motivational interviewing
- The pharmacotherapy of smoking cessation: an update
- The process of relapse
