Carefully constructed and engaging, this volume presents the best of science and clinical practice and how these can inform public policy and the mental health professions. The editors have assembled a roster of clinicians and academics, who offer insight into the medical, legal, and socioeconomic facets of this growing problem.

This book provides an in-depth look at clinical and public health approaches to this epidemic from both psychiatric and medical perspectives and gives mental health professionals the big picture necessary to understand the epidemic.