Alcoholism

Taking a preventive, public health approach

Richard D. Blondelldepartment of family and community medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine.Correspondence[email protected]

, MD (Associate professor) (Director of residency training) (Associate professor) (Director of residency training) ,

Robert L. Friersondepartment of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine.

, MD (Professor) &

Dr Steven B. Lippmanndepartment of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, University of Louisville School of Medicine.

, MD (Professor)

Preview

Alcoholism has serious negative consequences not only for the affected individual, but also for society at large. By using a public health approach that integrates medical, psychological, and social therapies, primary care physicians can educate at-risk patients to prevent alcohol abuse from starting and intervene to halt progression of the disease in patients with early or late alcoholism.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Alcoholism

Taking a preventive, public health approach

Information for

Open access

Opportunities

Help and information

Alcoholism

Taking a preventive, public health approach

Preview

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Related research

To cite this article:

Download citation

Information for

Open access

Opportunities

Help and information

Keep up to date

Your download is now in progress and you may close this window

Login or register to access this feature