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Published on: November 11, 2013
[Principles of drug addiction management]
1Service de psychiatrie, Hôpital Louis-Mourier Faculté de médecine Xavier Bichat 92700 Colombes. michel.lejoyeux@lmr.ap-hop-paris.fr
Abstract:
The management of addictive behaviours calls for new protocols. Those which tend to standardise the different stages of care. Screening, when these protocols are available, rests on the utilisation of specific questionnaires. The motivational interview then incites the patient to engage in the commencement of care, or to persue it. After directly addressing the drug consumption, most often by withdrawal, a long-term management is proposed. This necessitates a constant and regular engagement of the therapist as well as the identification and treatment of the associated psychiatric problems.
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