Helping someone with problem drinking: mental health first aid guidelines - a Delphi expert consensus study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Alcohol is a leading risk factor for avoidable disease burden. Research suggests that a drinker's social network can play an integral role in addressing hazardous (i.e., high-risk) or problem drinking. Often however, social networks do not have adequate mental health literacy (i.e., knowledge about mental health problems, like problem drinking, or how to treat them). This is a concern as the response that a drinker receives from their social network can have a substantial impact on their willingness to seek help. This paper describes the development of mental health first aid guidelines that inform community members on how to help someone who may have, or may be developing, a drinking problem (i.e., alcohol abuse or dependence).

Methods

A systematic review of the

SUBMITTER: Kingston AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2799400 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature