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Identifying and Helping Patients With Co-Occurring Substance Use and Mental Disorders: A Guide for Primary Care Providers, Fall 2006, Volume 4, Issue 2, explores the complex relationship between co-occurring substance use and mental disorders, including the identification of patients with co-occurring disorders and providing or obtaining appropriate treatment for such disorders. This publication provides primary care providers concise, easy-to-understand information to help them more effectively treat their patients with co-occurring disorders.
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Pain Management Without Psychological Dependence: A Guide for Healthcare Providers, Summer 2006, Volume 4, Issue 1, provides healthcare providers with research-based information on how to provide pain management while avoiding psychological dependence on opioids. It discusses nonopioid alternatives to pain management, distinguishes between physical and psychological dependence and pseudoaddiction, and provides practical advice on how to reduce patients' risk of psychological dependence on opioids during pain management.
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Treating Alcohol Problems, Winter 2004, Volume 3, Issue 1, discusses identifying alcohol problems and using brief interventions and other treatment approaches. It also briefly reviews treatment effectiveness and introduces supportive services for alcohol use disorders. |
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What You Should Know About Alcohol Problems Winter 2003, Volume 2, Issue 1, follows up on April as Alcohol Awareness Month. It covers such topics as how we define an alcohol problem and discusses criteria for defining alcohol abuse. It also covers alcohol dependence, a chronic disease that affects an estimated 5.4 million Americans aged 12 and older; established criteria for determining alcohol dependence; factors that may contribute to it; and the consequences and detection and treatment of problems with alcohol. Finally, there's a list of references for further reading. |
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