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Training experience in drug and alcohol liaison work

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

H. Williams ,
J. Vince  and
M. Salter
H. Williams*
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry of Addictive Behaviour, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
J. Vince
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry of Addictive Behaviour, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
M. Salter
Affiliation:
Division of Psychiatry of Addictive Behaviour, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, Tooting, London SW17 0RE
*
∗Correspondence
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We describe our training experience as members of a drug and alcohol liaison service within a major general teaching hospital. This type of liaison work offers valuable experience in the joint management of patients with well established substance misuse problems and also provides the opportunity for early recognition and preventative interventions.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 12 , December 1995 , pp. 758 - 760
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