A recent clinical meeting heard from experts in their field on the best strategies to manage excessive alcohol consumption. Pat Kelly reports
The meeting, held in Carton House, Maynooth, was attended by GPs, specialists and other healthcare professionals and heard from two physicians who shared their expertise in treating patients who consume alcohol to excessive and harmful levels.
First to address the packed venue was Dr Richard Watson, who has been a GP in Glasgow for more than 20 years. Dr Watson is a member of the Executive Committee of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAARP), where he was co-developer of the Certificate in Screening and Brief Interventions for Alcohol in Primary Care, an initiative that Dr Watson also ran.
In addition, he was RCGP Scotland Clinical Lead on Substance Misuse and in his practise, Dr Watson specialises in treating patients with alcohol dependence and high-risk drinking habits.
The meeting then heard from Prof Jonathan Chick, who has served as Consultant Psychiatrist at the Alcohol Problems Service at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital and as Senior Lecturer at the Department of Psychiatry in the University of Edinburgh. Prof Chick has been an advisor to the WHO and various government departments in a number of countries, including Canada, Australia, Brazil and the US and was Principal Investigator in 10 clinical trials exploring treatments for preventing relapse in alcohol-dependent patients.
Source: medicalindependent.ie, 30/04/15
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