Alcohol dependency prevention and early intervention.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Nathan, P E
• Description:
  Current data on efforts to prevent alcoholism indicate that we are better able to prevent some of the consequences of alcohol misuse, such as alcohol-related car crashes and fetal alcohol syndrome, than chronic alcohol dependence itself. A review of data on outcomes of treatment for long-term alcohol dependence indicates that 9 of 10 alcohol dependent persons receive no treatment for the disorder in any given year. When treatment is provided for long-term alcohol dependent persons, it has only slightly positive results. As a result, many clinicians and researchers have concluded that rather than exclusive preoccupation with long-term alcoholics, early intervention with persons who are just beginning to abuse alcohol may be a more effective use of resources.
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Alcoholism Child Financing, Government Health Education Humans Legislation As Topic Outcome And Process Assessment (Health Care) Preventive Health Services Psychotherapy Research Article Schools

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 103(6):683-689
• Pubmed ID:
  3141965
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  103
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:23bd11a04c07289482ad3453c3eb85c16805b19f791099932192d765908a8d71
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63245/cdc_63245_DS1.pdf
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