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Psychoactive Substances of Abuse Diana Deister Alan D. Woolf Sharon Levy KEY WORDS Barbiturate Benzodiazepine Cathinone (“bath salts” or “plant food”) Cocaine D-Lysergic acid diethylamide tartrate (LSD) Inhalant Methamphetamine Methylene…

Marijuana Kevin M. Gray Amanda P. Roper KEY WORDS Cannabis Cannabis use disorders Cognitive behavioral therapy Endocannabinoid system Family-based therapies Hashish Intoxication Marijuana Motivational enhancement therapy Synthetic cannabinoids (cannabimimetics) Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol…

Tobacco Mark L. Rubinstein Judith J. Prochaska KEY WORDS Addiction Cessation Cigarettes e-Cigarettes Nicotine Smoking Tobacco “Tobacco use is a pediatric epidemic, around the world as well as in the…

Alcohol Rachel Gonzales-Castaneda Martin M. Anderson KEY WORDS Alcohol Alcoholism Alcohol intoxication Alcohol treatment Alcohol use Binge drinking Screening and brief intervention Underage drinking Alcohol is the most widely used…

Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Use and Abuse Leslie R. Walker Erin N. Harrop KEY WORDS Addiction Adolescent brain development Adolescent research Alcohol Drug dependence Drug use Drug use prevention…

Other Sexually Transmitted Infections Including Genital Ulcers, Pediculosis, Scabies, and Molluscum Wendi G. Ehrman Mandakini Sadhir M. Susan Jay KEY WORDS Buboes Chancroid Genital ulcers Granuloma inguinale Lymphogranuloma venereum Molluscum…

Human Papillomavirus Infection and Anogenital Warts Shelly T. Ben-Harush Negari Jessica A. Kahn KEY WORDS Anogenital warts External genital warts Human papillomavirus Human papillomavirus vaccines Management Oral human papillomavirus Sexually…

Herpes Genitalis Gale R. Burstein Kimberly A. Workowski KEY WORDS Anal Genital Genital herpes simplex virus Perianal ulcers Genital herpes is a chronic lifelong viral disease. Herpes genitalis lesions are…

Syphilis J. Dennis Fortenberry KEY WORDS Latent syphilis Neurosyphilis Nontreponemal tests Primary syphilis Reverse sequence syphilis screening Secondary syphilis Syphilis is an acute, localized sexually transmitted infection (STI) leading, if…

Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Lydia A. Shrier KEY WORDS Infertility Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) Pelvic pain Perihepatitis Sexually active Tuboovarian abscess (TOA) DEFINITION Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is an ascending polymicrobial…