title: [The practitioner's tools for psychiatric diagnosis].
abstract: In the field of addiction medicine, presence of multiple morbidity (psychiatric, somatic, social) is frequent. Establishment of a correct psychiatric diagnosis can help,especially in case of treatment failure, to adapt (medical and non-medical) therapeutic strategies. In this article we propose some practical suggestions (clinical, instruments) for establishing a psychiatric diagnosis in addiction medicine. In this fiels, follow-ups in partnership between specialists and general practitioners should be developed. The general practitioner should remain the principal caregiver, guaranteeing the framework, the therapeutic liaison resented by certain patients consulting in general medicine.
authors.affiliation: Service Abus de Substances, Département de Psychiatrie, HUG, Genève. miguel.marset@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marset
authors.forename: Gilbert
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siegrist
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Broers
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: Les outils du praticien pour le diagnostic psychiatrique.