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It is time for low‐risk drinking goals to come out of the closet
Author(s) -
SOBELL MARK B.,
SOBELL LINDA CARTER
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03509.x
Subject(s) - abstinence , closet , public health , environmental health , medicine , suicide prevention , injury prevention , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , epidemiology , poison control , psychiatry , engineering , nursing , civil engineering
The authors reflect on the physical benefit of low-risk drinking to recover from alcohol problems in the U.S. They attribute the remainder of low-risk drinking as a closet treatment goal to the refusal of clinicians to this evidence, notwithstanding research on their common occurrence. They note arguments that accepting low-risk drinking goal may lead to casualties such as the attempt of abstinent individuals to drink and the search of heavy drinkers to lessen rather than cease drinking