Korean J Fam Med.  2011 Jan;32(1):3-10. 10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.1.3.

Drinking in the Context of Health-Sustaining Habits

• Park BK

• KMID: 2235554
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4082/kjfm.2011.32.1.3

Abstract

The comprehensive medical care delivered by family physicians should involve education and practice of health-sustaining habits such as diet, exercise, relaxation etc. as well as drug prescription. Among those, problem drinking is one of the most frequent issues encountered in health promoting sessions. However they are not competent to cover the realm of counseling in problem drinking in a continuous way. The drinking problems go up, unnoticed and uninhibited, to the self-destructive stages by the process of denial and avoidance on the part of patient as well as therapists. The explanation by which moderate drinking can't be easily embedded into healthy life styles and the practical strategies for dealing with problem drinkers and alcohol dependents will be presented in the context of health-sustaining habits.

Keyword

Drinking; Stress; Naltrexone; Life Style Disease

MeSH Terms

Counseling
Denial (Psychology)
Diet
Drinking
Drug Prescriptions
Humans
Life Style
Naltrexone
Physicians, Family
Relaxation
Naltrexone