RT Book, Section
A1 Blow, Frederic C.
A1 Barry, Kristen L.
A2 Williams, Brie A.
A2 Chang, Anna
A2 Ahalt, Cyrus
A2 Chen, Helen
A2 Conant, Rebecca
A2 Landefeld, C. Seth
A2 Ritchie, Christine
A2 Yukawa, Michi
SR Print(0)
ID 1100069554
T1 Managing Misuse of Alcohol & Psychoactive Prescription Medications in Older Adults
T2 Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Geriatrics, 2e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179208-0
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1100069554
RD 2024/04/25
AB A  growing  number  of  older  adults  misuse  alcohol,  psychoactive  prescription  drugs,  and/or  other  substances,  including  tobacco.  The  emerging  literature  on  the  baby  boom  cohort  of  aging  adults  (born  between  1946  and  1964)  indicates  that  they  are  continuing  to  use  alcohol  and  psychoactive  prescription  medications,  in  particular,  at  a  higher  rate  than  previous  generations,  and  they  are  beginning  to  present  larger  issues  for  the  health  care  system  and  the  intervention  and  treatment  communities.  The  development  and  refinement  of  evidence-based  practices  to  address  these  problems  and  provide  early  intervention  services  is  crucial  to  meeting  the  needs  of  this  growing  population.