by Llaen Coston-Clark
The American Medical News article: Recognizing the Alcoholic Patient, by Carolyne Krupa, really describes the need for SBIRT in medical settings. There’s certainly a push for health professionals to know how to recognize and help patients with risky or unhealthy alcohol use. As one doctor describes this gap in care:
“There are knowledge barriers in how to identify [patients with risky alcohol use], as well as what to do with them with you have them. […] Given that alcohol use disorders are so common in medical populations, it’s ridiculous to think that it’s ignored as much as it is.”
Patrick G. O’Connor, MD, MPH
Professor of Medicine & Chief of General Internal Medicine at Yale School of Medicine
It’s great to read about the ways some hospitals and medical schools are tackling this problem by training residents and medical students, and inviting AA members to share their stories (great idea!). Boston University School of Medicine does something similar via their Clinical Addiction and Research Education (CARE) Unit, and the BNI-ART Institute conducts brief trainings for small groups of medical students.
6 Comments
Marvelous posted on May 12, 2014 at 5:43 am
I totally agree that health professionals need to be push to help patients with their problem on alcohol. Mostly those teenagers who are succumb to substance abuse. Sadly, here in my town, kids on our blocks completely addicted to weeds.
Chester Malcolm posted on June 23, 2014 at 11:43 pm
With this type of training I know the will become more effective in handling patience with substance abuse.
substance abuse rehabilitation posted on July 12, 2014 at 6:19 am
Knowledge barrier is critical when it comes to medical condition, it really is highly applicable to consult a specialist someone who is an expert on such field so that there would be no problem of wrong examination may occur. That is why people on substance abuse recovery are highly trained on different medical conditions that may be encountered.
Lannie posted on August 22, 2014 at 4:36 am
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