In this chapter we discuss methodological issues regarding cost-effectiveness research on treatment strategies for alcohol and other substance use disorders. Alcohol and substance use disorders have been included in public health policy agendas because of their high prevalence and economic burden to ...
Biology. People with a family history of alcohol use disorder are at greater risk for developing the illness themselves. For example, if a parent has AUD, a child has a four-times greater risk of becoming a problem drinker. This is partly due to inheriting genes that increase vulnerability,...
stepped care for alcohol‐use disorders ‐ in nonspecialist health servicespersonal responsibility and informed choice ‐ acronym FRAMES, effective brief interventionsAlcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) ‐ primary care, accident and emergency departmentstreatment of alcohol dependence ‐ treatment...
Alcohol use disorder (AUD) is the most common substance use disorder in the US, affecting 11% of adults.1Efficacious medications to treat AUD, such as naltrexone and acamprosate, exist but are seldom prescribed; in fact, only 2.1% of adults with AUD receive medication treatment...
In both surveys fewer than one in nine individuals with an alcohol use disorder perceived a need for treatment. In predicting perceived need, the explanatory power of diagnostic variables was much greater than that of demographic variables. Among those with perceived need, two out of every three ...
All young adults with an alcohol use disorder were very unlikely to perceive a need for alcohol treatment or counseling. College-age adults have a high prevalence of alcohol use disorders, yet they are very unlikely to receive alcohol treatment or early intervention services or to perceive a ...
Alcohol Use DisorderAlcohol TreatmentRecoveryMixture ModelsCOMBINEBackground Recent research indicates some individuals who engage in heavy drinking following treatment for alcohol use disorder fare as well as those who abstain with respect to psychosocial functioning, employment, life satisfaction, and mental...
Advantages of AUD treatment in the primary care setting include decreasedstigma, easier coordination of care, and lower cost to the patient. In my integrated primary care and substance use disorder treatment practice, I see these advantages play out every day. ...
Advances in Alcoholism Treatment Researchers are working on numerous and varied approaches to improving the accessibility, quality, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness of treatment for a... RB Huebner,LW Kantor - 《Alcohol Res Health》 被引量: 28发表: 2011年 Substance use disorders: Recent advanc...
These reasons often frighten clinicians when prescribing appropriate pharmacological therapies for alcohol use disorder (AUD), where less than 15% of patients receive an appropriate treatment in the most severe forms. The data available in literature regarding the relevant drug–drug interactions of the...