Objectives: To compare how treatment programs for alcohol dependence differ regarding the kind of treatment offered available medication and treatment goal. Methods: A survey of 128 alcohol dependence treatment agencies across ten provinces in Canada compared the following treatment characteristics: expected...
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...
About 30% of people with alcohol use disorder are able to abstain from alcohol permanently without the help of formal treatment or a self-help program. For the rest, the course of the illness is very varied. Two of three people seeking treatment do reduce their intake and improve their ...
alcohol use disordersbehavior changeemotion regulationpharmacologic treatmentspsychological treatmentsThis chapter discusses the major psychological factors that maintain drinking among individuals with alcohol use disorders (AUDs), and reviews research on mechanisms of behavior change in AUD treatment. It ...
alcohol‐use disorders ‐ treatment and managementalcohol‐use disorders, along continuum of severity ‐ hazardous drinkers, at risk of experiencing alcohol‐related problemsnotion of a spectrum of severity ‐ and range of treatment approachesrange of severity of alcohol problems ‐ and treatment ...
Expanding Treatment Options for Alcohol Use Disorder There is a high prevalence of comorbid tobacco use and alcohol use disorder (AUD), affecting more than 6million people in the US. Globally, tobacco and alc... L Uscher-Pines,K Lin,AB Busch - 《Jama Health Forum》 被引量: 0发表: 2024...
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...
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 ...
alcohol use disordersBackground: Alcohol craving is an essential construct in research and treatment of alcohol use disorders (AUD). Craving is mostly investigated in association with concurrent variables or distal treatment outcomes at follow-up. Objectives: The aim of this study is to examine ...
This randomized clinical trial examines the efficacy of gabapentin as pharmacotherapy for alchohol use disorder in adults with a history of alcohol