Managing Alcohol Problems and Risky Drinking
@article{Babor1999ManagingAP, title={Managing Alcohol Problems and Risky Drinking}, author={Thomas F Babor and Marilyn Aguirre-Molina and G. Alan Marlatt and Richard R. Clayton}, journal={American Journal of Health Promotion}, year={1999}, volume={14}, pages={103 - 98} }
While overall alcohol consumption and alcohol-related automobile deaths have declined, rates of alcohol dependence, liver cirrhosis, and alcohol-related problems remain high among adults, and binge drinking continues as a major health risk for high school and college students. Some individual-level downstream interventions have been evaluated with sufficient rigor to recommend widespread dissemination, and widened availability of new pharmacotherapies could further increase effectiveness…
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