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ALCOHOL TREATMENT [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
CONT

"Out of 3,000 alcoholics treated at this hospital ... I have never seen one return safely to social drinking," says Richard Weedman, head of an alcoholic treatment center at Chicago's Grant Hospital.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

Traitement de l'alcoolisme. Le traitement de la toxicomanie alcoolique (...) repose avant tout sur l'abstinence complète avec cure de déconditionnement.

OBS

désintoxication : action de faire cesser la dépendance à l'égard d'un toxique (alcool, tabac, ou substance psychotrope toxicomanogène).

OBS

Le mot «désintoxication» insiste sur les efforts faits pour cesser la dépendance à l'égard de l'alcool, tandis que le mot «traitement» évoque l'idée de l'ensemble des mesures thérapeutiques destinées à guérir le malade.

Spanish

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