Alcoholism is the main reason for consultation of the unity of addictive behaviors of the patients.

– the consumption of alcohol is linked with 50% of the fatalities in traffic accidents and more than 30% of the homicides, including those related to gender-based violence

-the excessive consumption of alcohol contributes to diseases of cardiovascular, pulmonary and skeletal muscle type, cancers, gastrointestinal conditions, mental and behavioural disorders

Alzira, 2011 November- 36% of patients who come to the unity of conduct addictive of the Department of health of the Bank does so because of problems with alcohol consumption. This reason for inquiry is ahead, even problems with the consumption of drugs such as cocaine or cannabis.

As he has pointed out the health care Assistant Director of the Department of health of the Bank Dr. Vicente Palop, alcohol is the substance psicoadicitiva most consumed in Spain; the majority of the population consumes alcoholic beverages usual or sporadically, being very important to the consumption of weekend, especially among younger ”.

In this regard, Dr. Palop has drawn attention to the fact that the step between responsible alcohol consumption and abuse, or harmful consumption is often unnoticed, with important consequences for the health ”.

Thus, it should be noted that alcoholism is one of the three most important risk factors for health and is among the leading causes of death in Western countries. In fact, excessive consumption of alcohol contributes to diseases of cardiovascular, lung, and muscle-skeletal, cancers, gastrointestinal conditions, mental disorders and behavior.

Also, is it linked with 50% of the fatalities in traffic accidents and more than 30 per cent of the killings, including those related to gender-based violence.

Intervention guide on alcoholism

Therefore, the Health Department of the Bank has published a alcohol intervention guide ” aimed at professionals, whose aim is, on the one hand, improve the early detection of alcoholism and the consumption of risk in the population, and on the other hand, promote a multidisciplinary care to those who already have an alcohol dependency.

This is a comprehensive and exhaustive guide, based on the clinical evidence and the scientific rigour, which has been prepared by the Department of health of the Bank professionals who develop their work in primary care centres, units of Mental health, addictive behaviors and internal medicine and emergency services unit.

This guide is intended for all professionals involved in caring for patients at risk for alcoholism or disorders related to alcohol consumption.

The guide of intervention in the alcoholism of the Health Department of the Bank is available, in format paper and online, since last Monday, and its Edition coincided with the celebration of world day against alcoholism last Tuesday, November 15.

World Day against alcoholism

In addition to the publication of this guide, the Health Department of the Bank joined the celebration of world day against alcoholism through the affixing, on Monday morning, a fact table in Alzira I Health Centerwhere they offered advice and guidance to all those who so wished.

In addition, staff members of the unit of addictive behaviors of La Ribera (Concha Dr. Vila and the psychologists Maria Calatayud and Monica Portillo) overcome during the day 15, World Day against alcoholism, all doubts that, with regard to consumption and alcohol abuse, raised in the form of questions, persons who so wished website Facebook of the Health Department of the Bank:

as noted Dr. Palop, such initiatives allows health professionals to draw attention to a serious health problem such as alcoholism and to intervenethrough information and education, to transform a system of beliefs about alcohol that are clearly harmful to the society and its individuals ”.