Substance-Use Disorders in Later Life

Substance-Use Disorders in Later Life

Screening older patients for alcohol-use disorder, prescription-drug misuse, and illicit-drug use is important. These disorders may be more complicated to manage in older people because of coexisting medical and psychiatric conditions.

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2018-12, Vol.379 (24), p.2351-2360
Hauptverfasser: Lehmann, Susan W, Fingerhood, Michael
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Aged
Aging
Alcohol use
Alcohol-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Alcohol-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Alcoholism
Behavior modification
Cognitive ability
Drug abuse
Drug addiction
Drug use
Health services
Humans
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - complications
Mental health
Metabolism
Narcotics
Older people
Patients
Prescription Drug Overuse
Prevalence
Street Drugs
Substance abuse treatment
Substance use disorder
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - diagnosis
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - therapy
Trends
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Zusammenfassung:Screening older patients for alcohol-use disorder, prescription-drug misuse, and illicit-drug use is important. These disorders may be more complicated to manage in older people because of coexisting medical and psychiatric conditions.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMra1805981