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Telling your patients to cut down on alcohol: does it work?
Author(s) -
Patton Robert,
Joubert Eli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.511
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , alcohol abuse , psychological distress , distress , alcohol , psychology , work (physics) , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , engineering , anxiety , biochemistry , chemistry , mechanical engineering
Men are more likely to abuse alcohol than women and it is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in men. In this article, the authors describe how simple interventions are particularly effective in men and how drinking is often a defence mechanism against psychological distress.
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