Table of Contents

Introduction and definitions.- Screening.- Assessment.- Brief counseling interventions.- Longitudinal management of nondependent use.- Utility of laboratory testing.- Pharmacotherapy for dependence.- Making effective referrals to specialty care.- Making effective referrals to Alcoholics Anonymous (and other mutual self-help programs).- Management of patients in recovery.- Managing pain and other medical conditions.- Medical consequences.- Psychiatric comorbidity.- Other drug use (opiods, cocaine).- Preventative care.- "Moderate" drinking risks and benefits.- Use of electronic and other self-help materials.- Practice systems and implementation.- Confidentiality.- Other ethical and legal issues (e.g. driving).- Physicians with unhealthy alcohol use.- Hospital management.- Perioperative management.- Appendix (screening and assessment tools, list of resources).

Reviews

From the reviews:“This book aims to provide clinicians with a guide to managing alcohol use in the primary care setting. … this work gives a useful overview of the area … .” (Dominique Florin, Alcohol and Alcoholism, Vol. 48 (6), November-December, 2013)