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Alcoholism and the General Practitioner

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Alison Mowbray  and
Neil Kessel
Alison Mowbray
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
Neil Kessel*
Affiliation:
University Hospital of South Manchester, West Didsbury, Manchester M20 8LR
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

Fifty-three urban general practitioners were questioned about alcoholism. They mostly had reasonably good, if sometimes muddled knowledge of the condition, when to suspect it, and how to confirm its presence. Social harms were seen as predominant over somatic ones. The majority had had postgraduate instruction supplemented by reading. Most were prepared to treat alcoholics, and revealed tolerant and sympathetic attitudes towards them and their families. The survey negates the general impression of unwillingness by general practitioners to engage with alcoholism.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 6 , June 1986 , pp. 697 - 700
Copyright
Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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