Managing Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Health Care

Managing Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Health Care

PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this study is to summarise the current literature on both the impact and the implementation of primary health care-based screening and advice programmes to reduce heavy drinking, as an evidence-based component of managing alcohol use disorder in primary health care. RECENT FINDINGS Systematic reviews of reviews find conclusive evidence for the impact of primary he...

Improving Identification of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorder in Primary Care and Care Transitions for Behavioral Health Conditions.

among care providers for Medicare beneficiaries with mental health disorders. • Nationally, for practices recruited into this initiative, by 2019 it is expected that 10,000 primary practices will screen a majority of their Medicare caseload for depression and alcohol abuse with a validated screening instrument, with a total of 1.5 million beneficiaries screened by 2019. • For inpatient settings...

Managing older people's alcohol misuse in primary care.

Identifying fetal alcohol spectrum disorder in primary care.

Primary care for opioid use disorder

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