Implementing alcohol disorders treatment throughout the community
Current Opinion in PsychiatryPublished 23 March 2011
Antoni Gual, Michaela B do Amaral Sabadini
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Alcohol is a major public health problem and brief interventions are one of the cost-effective measures that can be taken at a community level, Nevertheless, implementation of those measures is difficult and further research is needed to identify the best implementation strategies.
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Alcohol is a major public health problem and brief interventions are one of the cost-effective measures that can be taken at a community level. Nevertheless, implementation of those measures is difficult. Further research is needed to identify the best implementation strategies.
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