Recommendations for the Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy of Addiction Disorders in the Elderly

Praxis (Bern 1994). 2021 Feb;110(2):79-93. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a003609.ABSTRACTRecommendations for the Prevention, Diagnostics and Therapy of Addiction Disorders in the Elderly Abstract. Although the chronic consumption of alcohol and sedatives, and increasingly opioids, represents a major problem in old age with consequential damage for those affected, little attention has been paid to the substance abuse disorders in old age. The aim of the present recommendations, a collaboration work of the Swiss Society for Geriatric Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (SGAP), Swiss Nurses Association (SBK) and Swiss Society of Addiction Medicine (SSAM), is to summarize the current state of knowledge in prevention, diagnostics and therapy of substance abuse disorders in old age for an interprofessional clinical team. They are intended to help strengthen prevention and early diagnosis, and consciously emphasize psychotherapy and nursing intervention options.PMID:33530782 | DOI:10.1024/1661-8157/a003609

Source: Praxis - February 3, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Egemen Savaskan Andreas Fuchs Ulrich Hemmeter Bernd Ibach Esther Indermaur Stefan Kl öppel Sabrina Laimbacher Thomas Leyhe Claudia L ötscher Julius Popp Tilo Stauch Gerhard Wiesbeck Alexander Wopfner Daniele Zullino Source Type: research