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Provision of Adequate and Early Help

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The broad diversity of problems related to alcohol use requires an equally broad provision of resources to deal with those problems. A strategy which aims to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed overall will do a great deal to reduce the harms associated with that consumption; the educational and fiscal tactics which such a strategy might employ were addressed in Chapters 4 and 6. There remain a number of people whose habit of alcohol consumption already affects, or threatens to affect, the quality both of their own lives and of the lives of their family and friends. Furthermore, such individuals may put the immediate safety of themselves and others at risk, by drinking while driving, or drinking while working. These people need help to modify their habit. This chapter describes the resources that are available, to identify and help those whose drinking habit has already become, or is threatening to become, a serious problem: the ‘high risk’ approach.

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Kemm, J. (1991). Provision of Adequate and Early Help. In: Alcohol and the Public Health. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21280-4_9

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