Coulton, S. (2009) Treating alcohol use disorders in elderly populations: a review of the evidence. Reviews in Clinical Gerontology, 19 (3). pp. 217-225. ISSN 0959-2598.
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Abstract
The number of people aged 65 years or more is increasing worldwide. Alcohol use disorders (AUD) are a common condition in the older population, and this combined with the changing age demographic in the population means that AUD in this population is a significant public health concern. AUD has a major impact upon the physical, psychological and social health of the older population. There is evidence that older people do benefit from interventions to reduce alcohol consumption as much as, if not more than, younger populations. There is evidence that AUD in the older population often goes undetected and the potential for beneficial behavioural health change is not realized.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled keywords: | Alcohol use; prevalence; risk factors; treatment; screening; older people; ageing |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare > HV5001 Alcohol use and miuse R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC952 Geriatrics |
| Divisions: | Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Social Policy Sociology and Social Research > Centre for Health Services Studies |
| Depositing User: | Tony Rees |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2011 14:28 |
| Last Modified: | 14 Feb 2013 16:23 |
| Resource URI: | http://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/27942 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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