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TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IN ADULTS

Categories: Psychiatry
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Alcohol use disorders are the most prevalent of all substance use disorders worldwide and a common presentation in casuality.The single year prevalence globally has been estimated to be over 100 million individuals  with nearly 3 million deaths (5.3 percent of all deaths globally.

Psychosocial interventions are effective in the treatment of alcohol use disorder; however, as many as 70 percent of individuals return to heavy drinking after psychosocial treatment alone. Several medications can be used to treat alcohol use disorder, leading to reduced heavy drinking and increased days of abstinence

What Will You Learn?

  • The learner should be able to classify the alcohol disorder and appropriate treatment modal-ity for each.
  • To plan to treatment of alcohol disorder and be able to influence behavior change initia-tives.
  • Complete a full assessment and, if indicated, treatment for alcohol withdrawal prior to fur-ther treatment of alcohol use disorder. Even mild symptoms of withdrawal, or fear of them, may be a driving force in keeping individuals from cutting down or quitting.

Course Content

TREATMENT OF ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IN ADULTS

  • Initial treatment for all individuals
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  • Moderate or severe disorder
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  • Medication treatment
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  • Evaluating response to treatment
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  • Strategies for inadequate response
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  • Quiz

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