Diagnosis and management of alcohol use disorders
| العنوان: | Diagnosis and management of alcohol use disorders |
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| المؤلفون: | E. Jane Marshall, Andrew J R Parker, David Ball |
| المصدر: | BMJ. 336:496-501 |
| بيانات النشر: | BMJ, 2008. |
| سنة النشر: | 2008 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Clinical Review, medicine.medical_specialty, Evidence-based practice, business.industry, Cost effectiveness, Psychological intervention, Nice, General Medicine, Cochrane Library, Social support, Alcohol Deterrents, Environmental health, Economic cost, Medicine, business, Psychiatry, computer, computer.programming_language |
| الوصف: | Alcohol use disorders account for 4% of the global burden of disease and cause 1.8 million deaths (3.2% of total) each year.1 The overall economic cost to society is huge—around £20bn (€26.7bn; $39bn) each year in the United Kingdom—mostly as a result of lost productivity and alcohol related crime.2 Healthcare professionals have a vital role to play in implementing secondary prevention, and in identifying those who need specialist treatment. Well validated screening tools have recently become available, and the effectiveness of early brief interventions and more intensive treatments, together with the cost effectiveness of intensive treatments provide a strong impetus for improving the identification and management of disorders of alcohol misuse.3 #### Summary points We used the term “alcohol” to search the online electronic databases of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Cochrane Library, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse, the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), and the UK Department of Health for suitable evidence based material and policy documents. Box 1 lists the categories of alcohol use disorders used by WHO and in an important UK review of treatment for alcohol problems.3 The pattern of drinking and the total weekly consumption of alcohol are important determinants of alcohol related harm, so “binge drinkers” are included in the categories of hazardous drinking and harmful drinking. #### Box 1 Classification of alcohol use disorders ##### Hazardous drinking A level or pattern of alcohol consumption that will probably eventually … |
| تدمد: | 1756-1833 0959-8138 |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::59387bf64618b1b5e3938c4bc9de2eb5Test https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39483.457708.80Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....59387bf64618b1b5e3938c4bc9de2eb5 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 17561833 09598138 |
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