Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Saitz, Richard. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Family medicine.; Internal medicine.; Emergency medicine.; Psychology, clinical.; Medicine & Public Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Primary Care Medicine.; Internal Medicine.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Health Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.
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While there is a wealth of published information on addiction medicine, the psychological aspects of alcohol abuse, and behavioral medicine with regard to addiction, virtually none of the existing resources were written with the primary care provider in mind. Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Pri...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and definitions
• Screening
• Assessment
• Brief counseling interventions
• Longitudinal management of nondependent use
• Utility of laboratory testing
• Pharmacotherapy for dependence
• Making effective referrals to specialty care
• Making effective referrals to Alcoholics Anonymous (and other mutual self-help programs)
• Management of patients in recovery
• Managing pain and other medical conditions
• Medical consequences
• Psychiatric comorbidity
• Other drug use (opiods, cocaine)
• Preventative care
• "Moderate" drinking risks and benefits
• Use of electronic and other self-help materials
• Practice systems and implementation
• Confidentiality
• Other ethical and legal issues (e.g. driving)
• Physicians with unhealthy alcohol use
• Hospital management
• Perioperative management
• Appendix (screening and assessment tools, list of resources).