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Secondary Prevention of Alcoholism and the Centres D'Hygiène Alimentaire
Author(s) -
Chick Jonathan
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0952-0481
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1984.tb03859.x
Subject(s) - hygiene , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , environmental health , pathology
Summary France has invested in a mode of secondary prevention for alcoholism, the Centres ?Hygiène Alimentaire (C.H.A.). Early problem drinkers detected in industry, general hospitals, by social services, and drinking/driving offenders are referred for assessment and advice. The approach is medical. Among drinking/driving offenders in Soissons, a majority attend the C.H.A. and a majority of attenders return for follow‐up. A randomized, controlled outcome study has not been performed, but the results of the Soissons C.H.A. are promising, as are some early results in two other projects.