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Chapter 5 - Alcohol Use Disorders: Epidemiology and Prevention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 November 2021

By
Paul Bogowicz ,
Eilish Gilvarry ,
Andrea Hearn  and
Eileen Kaner
Edited by
Ed Day
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Summary

This chapter explores the epidemiology of harmful alcohol use in young people and adults in the general population and among select clinical groups. It then provides an overview of alcohol-related physical and social harms, before discussing interventions to prevent alcohol use disorders.

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alcoholepidemiologyprevalencephysical harmsocial harmprevention
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Seminars in Addiction Psychiatry , pp. 97 - 110
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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