Alcohol-Use Disorders
Publisher: British Psychological Society 2011
ISBN/ASIN: 1904671268
ISBN-13: 9781904671268
Number of pages: 612
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This guideline reviews the evidence for the diagnosis and assessment of alcohol-use disorders, organisation and delivery of care, settings for assisted alcohol withdrawal, psychological interventions, and pharmacological interventions for assisted withdrawal and relapse prevention. The guideline also includes health economic modelling of pharmacological interventions as an adjunctive treatment for the prevention of relapse and a chapter on the experience of care.
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