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Management of alcoholism *
Author(s) -
Foy Aidan
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1986.tb113698.x
Subject(s) - public health , identification (biology) , psychiatry , disease , medicine , psychology , psychotherapist , pathology , biology , botany
Alcoholism is an important public health problem. This article discusses the issue of disease concept versus availability concept as well as discussing the prevention of alcoholism. An approach to the identification of patients with alcohol‐related problems is described, as are the types of treatment that are available in Australia.