Treatment of substance misuse in older women: using a brief intervention model.
Alcohol and benzodiazepine misuse is a significant problem in older women for a number of reasons such as physiological changes, outdated prescribing practices, and failure to identify hazardous use. In addition, treatment barriers involving the health-care system, conflicting information, and ageism also exist. Substance misuse among older women is predicted to become a bigger problem as the baby boom generation ages. Brief interventions that consist of assessment, feedback, responsibility, advice, menu, empathy, and self-efficacy, or A-FRAMES, have the potential to reduce alcohol and benzodiazepine misuse among older women in a cost-effective manner.
Finfgeld-Connett
Deborah L
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Sinclair School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211, USA.
D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing; D006801:Humans; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*
D001569:Benzodiazepines