A patient was admitted to the emergency room with acute alcohol intoxication and has been diagnosed with alcohol abuse after subsequent assessment and treatment. What are the goals of long-term treatment of this patient's substance abuse disorder?
A) Detoxification, abstinence, and prevention of relapse
B) Withdrawal, reeducation, and compliance
C) Withdrawal, abstinence, and accountability
D) Assessment, planning, and intervention
A
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The major goals of treatment for substance abuse are detoxification, initiation of abstinence, and prevention of relapse. Withdrawal may occur, but this is not a goal of treatment. The nursing process may be utilized, but the steps of the process are not the goals of treatment.
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