Alcohol-use disorders
Subtitle: diagnosis, assessment, and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence
By: National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health ; commissioned by the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence
Contributors: National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (Great Britain); British Psychological Society; Royal College of Psychiatrists
Series: National clinical practice guideline -- 115; National clinical practice guideline -- 115.
Publisher: British Psychological Society; Royal College of Psychiatrists
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leicester; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 612
ISBN-13: 9781904671268
Subjects: Alcohol-Related Disorders; Diagnosis; Therapy; Psychotherapy; Methods; Alcohol Deterrents; Therapeutic use; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Economic Models
Description: This clinical guideline on alcohol-use disorders was commissioned by NICE and developed by the National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health, and sets out the evidence for the treatment and management of harmful drinking and alcohol dependence in adults and in young people aged 10 to 17 years. Harmful drinking leads to 2.5 million deaths annually and alcohol is the third leading risk factor globally for burden of illness. Alcohol-use disorders are an increasing problem in children and young people. Physical and psychiatric comorbidities add to the considerable burden that alcohol-use disorders can pose to the individual and to society. This guideline will enable healthcare professionals to recognise and manage these prevalent problems and offer effective treatments to their patients. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.