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UK clinical guidelines recommending interventions for people with harmful patterns of drinking and alcohol dependence, supporting and promoting good practice.
How to provide pharmacological interventions for alcohol dependence, covering specific medications such as benzodiazepines for withdrawal management, acamprosate and naltrexone for preventing relapse and thiamine supplementation to prevent neurological complications.
How to provide evidence-based psychosocial interventions for people with alcohol problems. It covers formulation to identify appropriate psychosocial interventions for the person, structured support, psychological treatments and interventions for family members.
How to support people with co-occurring mental health conditions and problem alcohol use, emphasising the 'everyone's job' and 'no wrong door' principles while outlining co-ordinated care across mental health and alcohol treatment services and evidence-based interventions.
Guidance on referring alcohol dependent patients from hospital to specialist alcohol treatment in the hospital or in the community.
How to care for people with alcohol-use disorders in acute hospitals, covering assessment, providing a multidisciplinary approach, managing withdrawal, treating complications and planning discharge to ensure continuity of care with community alcohol treatment services.
How community alcohol treatment and recovery services can provide accessible, trauma-informed, inclusive care. This includes how they work with health, care and recovery services to develop personalised treatment plans and deliver evidence-based interventions.
How to assess a person's alcohol use and other needs, and agree their treatment and recovery goals, as well as interventions and actions to meet those goals. It covers risk assessment and regular reviews of treatment and recovery and risk...
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