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AA Alcoholics Anonymous
ACCME Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
AHRQ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
ALT Alanine aminotransferase
APA American Psychiatric Association
ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine
AST Aspartate aminotransferase
AUD Alcohol use disorder
AUDIT Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test
AUDIT-C Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test–Concise
CAGE Cut down, Annoyed, Guilty, Eye-opener
CBI Combined behavioral intervention
CBT Cognitive-behavioral therapy
CDT Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin
CI Confidence interval
COMBINE Combined Pharmacotherapies and Behavioral Interventions for Alcohol Dependence
CRAFFT Car, Relax, Alone, Forget, Friends, Trouble
CrCl Creatinine clearance
DSM-III-R Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 3rd Edition, Revised
DSM-IV Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition
DSM-IV-TR Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Edition, Text Revision
DSM-5 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition
eGF Estimated glomerular filtration rate
FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration
GGT Gamma-glutamyl transferase
GRADE Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation
GWG Guideline Writing Group
HIV Human immunodeficiency virus
ICD-10 International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision
IM Intramuscular
IRR Incidence rate ratio
MBSCT Modified behavioral self-control therapy
MCV Mean corpuscular volume
MDD Major depressive disorder
MET Motivational enhancement therapy
MI Motivational interviewing
MM Medical management
NIAAA National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NNT Number needed to treat
NQF National Quality Forum
OPRM1 Genotype Opioid receptor μ 1 genotype
OR Odds ratio
OTC Over-The-Counter
PCM Primary Care Management
PEth Phosphatidylethanol
Project MATCH Matching Alcoholism Treatments to Client Heterogeneity
PTSD Posttraumatic stress disorder
QTc Corrected QT interval
RCT Randomized controlled trial
RD Risk difference
SNP Single nucleotide polymorphism
SRG Systematic Review Group
TSF Twelve-step facilitation
USPSTF U.S. Preventive Services Task Force
WMD Weighted mean difference

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Go to The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline for the Pharmacological Treatment of Patients With Alcohol Use Disorder
January 2018
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