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Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. Richard Saitz

    1. , Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, USA

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  • Editor has published extensively in addiction medicine
  • There is currently no other book on the market that looks at unhealthy alcohol use from the perspective of primary care
  • Written specifically to address the needs of the practicing physician

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-1
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  2. Unhealthy Alcohol Use: What is it? What Can and Should We be Doing About it in Primary Care Settings?

    • Richard Saitz
    Pages 1-5

  3. Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol Use

    • Katharine Bradley, Douglas Berger
    Pages 7-27

  4. Assessment of Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

    • Hillary Kunins, Chinazo Cunningham
    Pages 29-40

  5. Brief Intervention for Unhealthy Alcohol Use

    • Richard Saitz
    Pages 41-48

  6. Alcohol Pharmacotherapies

    • Dylan Brock, Babak Tofighi, Joshua D. Lee, Judd Fastenberg
    Pages 49-61

  7. Making Effective Referrals to Specialty Care

    • Darius A. Rastegar
    Pages 63-71

  8. Making Effective Referrals to Alcoholics Anonymous and Other 12-step Programs

    • Maryann Amodeo, Luz Marilis López
    Pages 73-83

  9. Management of Patients with Alcohol Dependence in Recovery: Options for Maintenance and Anticipating and Managing Relapse in Primary Care

    • Thomas J. Doyle, Peter D. Friedmann, William H. Zywiak
    Pages 85-92

  10. Managing Pain in the Context of Unhealthy Alcohol Use

    • Erik W. Gunderson, Daniel P. Alford
    Pages 93-105

  11. Medical Consequences of Unhealthy Alcohol

    • Adam J. Gordon, Joanne M. Gordon, Lauren Matukaitis Broyles
    Pages 107-118

  12. Psychiatric Comorbidity

    • Amy Harrington
    Pages 119-128

  13. Other Drug Use

    • Jennifer McNeely, Joshua D Lee, Ellie Grossman
    Pages 129-145

  14. To Drink or Not to Drink? “Moderate” Alcohol Consumption in a Clinical Context

    • Timothy S. Naimi
    Pages 147-156

  15. Electronic and Other Self-Help Materials for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care

    • Steven J. Ondersma, Golfo K. Tzilos
    Pages 157-169

  16. Screening and Brief Intervention Practice Systems and Implementation

    • John Muench
    Pages 171-188

  17. Confidentiality

    • Richard Saitz
    Pages 189-193

  18. Choices for Patients and Clinicians: Ethics and Legal Issues

    • Michael Weaver
    Pages 195-205

  19. Hospital Management

    • Richard D. Blondell, Mohammadreza Azadfard
    Pages 207-219

  20. Perioperative Management

    • Daniel P. Alford
    Pages 221-232
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About this book

While there is a wealth of published information on addiction medicine, the psychological aspects of alcohol abuse, and behavioral medicine with regard to addiction, virtually none of these resources were written with the primary care provider in mind. Addressing Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Primary Care is a resource for primary care clinicians who are confronted by patients with these problems daily, and who wish to successfully address these issues in their practice. It would focus on the literature and science relevant to primary care practice and cover the range of interventions appropriate for this setting. Topics include assessment, brief counseling interventions, pharmacotherapy, referrals to both specialty care and Alcoholics Anonymous (and other self-help programs), psychiatric co-morbidity and other drug use, and other information specific to the needs of the primary care provider.

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“This book aims to provide clinicians with a guide to managing alcohol use in the primary care setting. … this work gives a useful overview of the area … .” (Dominique Florin, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Vol. 48 (6), November-December, 2013)

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  • , Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, USA

    Richard Saitz

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