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Nausica Germeau1, Philippe de Timary
1Université Catholique de Louvain, Department of Adult Psychiatry, CUSL, Avenue Hippocrate 10, 1200 Brussels, Belgium, nausica.germeau@saintluc.uclouvain.be.
Background:
The clinical dimensions of alcohol-use-disorder are complex and require sensitivity to these specificities. There are currently many inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities for severe alcohol-use-disorder patients (SAUD). We are also looking at the lack of access to care for this population. Recent research carried out in the cognitive and affective neurosciences and shed new light on the biological processes involved in addiction.
Subject And Method:
We wrote a perspective article describing the specific framework that we developed in our academic hospital.
Keywords:
Hospital stay, hospital stay duration, benefits from hospitalization, alcoholism, alcohol use desorder.
Results:
Through a review of the clinical characteristics that we observe in encounters with SAUD patients, we are going to describe a specific model of split hospitalisation. This is an open setting, with a fixed time frame and a multidisciplinary approach, designed to reduce the stigma attached to access and to support the development of the alcohol-dependent patient.
Conclusion:
In this paper, we describe the creation of an inpatient ward, that is complementary to the existing structures and take into account the cognitive and affective impairments of these patients.
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