Alcoholism becomes a major issue in the United States. It is an extremely serious problem in our world today, meaning that more people become a heavy drinker and abuse more alcohol daily. This situation should be a concern to the public knowledge and understanding of its symptoms and effects is highly important to reduce the statistics that show rising numbers in its causal injuries, diseases, and fatalities.
The problem with alcoholic people, they easily deny that they have an addictive disorder. In the clinical presentation of this disorder, the CAGE questionnaire is used as a screening tool which focuses on their drinking issue.
According to Buttaro, et al. (2013), this is the following 4 questions make up the CAGE questionnaire:
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Treating the alcoholic patient should be focused on seizure prevention, agitation, escalating, and alcohol withdraw. While these things are maintaining the practitioner should be focusing on alcohol abstinence. This can be resolved by providing certain support group program that can help them like the American Alcoholism Anonymous (AAA). To those who are admitted to the hospital, the main focus of the treatment is alcohol detoxication.
Alcoholism patient can be referred to a psychiatric and a psychologist for further treatment. According to Dunphy, et al. (2015), these patients should be referred to a specialist immediately when the behaviors represent a danger to self or others. Patients with alcohol usually develop a strong attachment to their drinking lifestyle. As a result, teaching these patients can be very challenging. The teaching approach on these patients should be focused on how they can cut down their drinking. It would be also appropriate to touch the alcohol complications while teaching these
The problem with alcoholic people, they easily deny that they have an addictive disorder. In the clinical presentation of this disorder, the CAGE questionnaire is used as a screening tool which focuses on their drinking issue.
According to Buttaro, et al. (2013), this is the following 4 questions make up the CAGE questionnaire:
• Have …show more content…
Treating the alcoholic patient should be focused on seizure prevention, agitation, escalating, and alcohol withdraw. While these things are maintaining the practitioner should be focusing on alcohol abstinence. This can be resolved by providing certain support group program that can help them like the American Alcoholism Anonymous (AAA). To those who are admitted to the hospital, the main focus of the treatment is alcohol detoxication.
Alcoholism patient can be referred to a psychiatric and a psychologist for further treatment. According to Dunphy, et al. (2015), these patients should be referred to a specialist immediately when the behaviors represent a danger to self or others. Patients with alcohol usually develop a strong attachment to their drinking lifestyle. As a result, teaching these patients can be very challenging. The teaching approach on these patients should be focused on how they can cut down their drinking. It would be also appropriate to touch the alcohol complications while teaching these