Treatment Seeking for Alcohol Use Disorders: Treatment Gap or Adequate Self-Selection

Conclusion: Adequate treatment seeking often occurs in the general population: the most severe AUD subjects use AUDTx, and most NonTx users have a mild AUD and a favorable course. Current findings suggest a smaller treatment gap than previously reported, but still one-quarter of the people with AUD do not seek AUDTx but could benefit from this, as they have a persistent AUD.Eur Addict Res 2016;22:277-285

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Source: European Addiction Research - June 9, 2016 Category: Addiction Source Type: research