Drug and alcohol abuse: general physician's perspective.
Epidemiology, definitions, concepts and various other relevant aspects including management of drug and alcohol abuse are reviewed. The role of general/primary care physicians has been highlited in the persepctive of substance-abuse disorders.
Basu
Debasish
D
Drug De-addiction & Treatment Centre, Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160012.
Singh
Jaspreet
J
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D002189:Marijuana Abuse; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000209:etiology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy