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- Obsession
- Office
- Olanzapine
- Older Adults and Substance Use
- Recognising Problems Without Assuming Age Is the Cause
- Changing Health, Falls and Alcohol Effects
- Medicines, Interactions and Physical Dependence
- Retirement, Loss and Changing Daily Life
- Finding Care That Fits the Person
- Supporting Independence, Relationships and Recovery
- Advanced Depth: What Age-Specific Treatment Evidence Can Tell Us
- Opioids
- 1. Opioids: One Drug Class, Very Different Contexts
- 2. Pain Relief, Pleasure and Relief From Distress
- 3. What Opioids Do to the Brain and Body
- 4. Tolerance, Physical Dependence and Withdrawal
- 5. Opioid Use Disorder, Craving and Repeated Use
- 6. When Opioids Slow Breathing Too Much
- 7. Fentanyl, Potency and an Uncertain Drug Supply
- 8. Mixing Opioids With Alcohol, Benzodiazepines and Other Drugs
- 9. Treatment and Recovery
- 10. Advanced Science: Receptors, Potency and Clinical Complexity
- Overconfidence
- Overdose and Poisoning
- What Overdose and Poisoning Mean
- Recognising a Medical Emergency
- Breathing and Consciousness: Why They Matter
- Opioid Overdose and Naloxone
- Mixed Substances and Combined Effects
- Poisoning and Unknown or Counterfeit Substances
- Aspiration, Vomiting and Breathing Emergencies
- Severe Agitation, Delirium, Violence and Immediate Danger
- After Apparent Recovery
- Accidental, Intentional and Uncertain Exposure
- Advanced Depth: Toxic Syndromes, Mixed Exposure and Emergency Assessment
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