title: [SEMERGEN positioning for the treatment of alcohol disorders in primary care].
abstract: The present manuscript is based on the recommendations of a panel of health care professionals, including several experts in primary health care, psychiatry and addictions. The participants are recognized specialists in the treatment of alcohol use disorder. The panel met in Barcelona on 2015 April 22 with the aims of evaluating the current management of alcohol use disorder in primary health care and developing a strategy to address this problem, basing on the evidence and the recommendations of the scientific societies and national and international organizations.
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Área de Neurociencias SEMERGEN, Centro de Salud de la Eria, Oviedo, España. Electronic address: joseangelarbesu@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: José Ángel
authors.initials: JÁ
authors.lastname: Arbesú
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Alcohología, ICN, Hospital Clínic, IDIBAPS, Red de Trastornos Adictivos, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Antoni
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gual
authors.affiliation: Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria, Centro de Salud Las Cortes, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Casquero
authors.affiliation: Psiquiatría, Universidad de Oviedo-CIBERSAM, SOCIDROGALCOHOL, Oviedo, España.
authors.forename: Julio
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bobes
authors.affiliation: Meisys, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ortega
mesh_terms: D019973:Alcohol-Related Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D012958:Societies, Scientific
keywords: AUDIT C; Alcohol; Comorbidity; Comorbilidad; Consecuencias sociales; Consumo intensivo ocasional; Consumo perjudicial; Harmful drinking; Infradiagnostico; Mortalidad; Mortality; Occasional intensive use; Recomendaciones sociedades científicas; Scientific societies recommendations; Social consequences; Underdiagnosis