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[Current strategies for treatment of alcohol problems]. 2011

Henri-Jean Aubin, and Amine Benyamina, and Laurent Karila, and Amandine Luquiens, and Michel Reynaud
Hôpital Paul Brousse, addictologie, 94804 Villejuif Cedex. henri-jean.aubin@pbr.aphp.fr

Amongst validated psychological treatments, brief intervention appears to be the best suited for primary care. It aims at increasing motivation for change after a screening for an alcohol use disorder. The first therapeutic step for an alcohol-dependent patient aiming at abstinence is alcohol detoxification. At this stage, benzodiazepines should be briefly prescribed if the patient manifests clinically significant withdrawal symptoms. The next step is relapse prevention, for which only three medications are currently validated in France, acamprosate, naltrexone, and disulfiram.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000437 Alcoholism A primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychosocial, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. The disease is often progressive and fatal. It is characterized by impaired control over drinking, preoccupation with the drug alcohol, use of alcohol despite adverse consequences, and distortions in thinking, most notably denial. Each of these symptoms may be continuous or periodic. (Morse & Flavin for the Joint Commission of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence and the American Society of Addiction Medicine to Study the Definition and Criteria for the Diagnosis of Alcoholism: in JAMA 1992;268:1012-4) Alcohol Abuse,Alcoholic Intoxication, Chronic,Ethanol Abuse,Alcohol Addiction,Alcohol Dependence,Alcohol Use Disorder,Abuse, Alcohol,Abuse, Ethanol,Addiction, Alcohol,Alcohol Use Disorders,Chronic Alcoholic Intoxication,Dependence, Alcohol,Intoxication, Chronic Alcoholic,Use Disorders, Alcohol

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