Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
The recommendations in the following guidelines may vary from those that appear in UpToDate topic reviews. Readers who are looking for UpToDate topic reviews should use the UpToDate search box to find the relevant content.
Links to related guidelines are provided separately:
●(See "Society guideline links: Alcohol consumption".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Treatment of acute poisoning caused by recreational drug or alcohol use".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Opioid use disorder and withdrawal".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Cannabis use disorder and withdrawal".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Benzodiazepine use disorder and withdrawal".)
●(See "Society guideline links: Stimulant use disorder and withdrawal".)
International
●WFSBP: Consensus paper on biological markers for alcoholism (2013)
Canada
●Canadian guideline for the clinical management of high-risk drinking and alcohol use disorder (2023)
United States
●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Policy statement on alcohol use by youth (2019)
●AAP: Technical report on alcohol use by youth (2019)
●AAP: Clinical report on binge drinking (2015)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on alcohol-use disorders – Diagnosis and management (2011, updated 2023)
●NICE: Guideline for alcohol interventions in secondary and further education (2019)
●NICE: Clinical guideline on alcohol-use disorders − Diagnosis and management of physical complications (2010, updated 2017)
●NICE: Quality standard on alcohol − Preventing harmful use in the community (2015)
●Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM): Position statement on alcohol-related harm (2015)
●Royal College of Physicians (RCP): Alcohol dependence and withdrawal in the acute hospital (2012)
●NICE: Public health guideline on alcohol-use disorders − Prevention (2010)
Australia–New Zealand
Do you want to add Medilib to your home screen?