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Alcohol: Abuse, Dependence
- By Alcohol Answers
- Published 09/4/2007
- Understanding Addiction
- Unrated
Every field of study has their own language, terms that are used within the field that the general public may have other definitions for. With respect to addiction medicine, this can lead to confusion at best and a misdiagnosis at worse.
Alcoholism and Health Risks: Introduction
- By Alcohol Answers
- Published 09/4/2007
- Key ideas and recovery tools
- Unrated
Alcoholism, by definition, can have a variety of meanings depending on the context in which it is being used. It may cause many health-related issues, both short term and long term.
What is Evidence-Based?
- By Alcohol Answers
- Published 09/4/2007
- Addiction Research
- Unrated
Once a question or idea is formed, the next step is to find evidence in the form of literature, data or consensus-based guidelines that help to form an approach to answering the question or understanding the idea
Harm Reduction Philosophy
- By Alcohol Answers
- Published 09/4/2007
- Harm Reduction Theory , Alcohol Moderation
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A harm reduction strategy seeks pragmatic solutions to the harms that drugs and drug policies cause. It has been said that harm reduction is not what's nice, it's what works.
