Original Article

The general practitioner in charge of addictive behavior: An exploratory study in Monastir city, Tunisia (French)

Gniwa Omezzine Rim, Bouali Walid, Zarrouk Lazhar, Sriha Belguith Asma

https://doi.org/10.32512/jmr.4.1.2021/3.6

Abstract

Recent reports confirmed that more than 22% of adult world population are suffering from addiction. Tobacco and alcohol use remain the most prevalent addictive behaviors reported in Tunisia. The managment of addiction is a multidisciplinary team concept. This entity may be underdiagnosed due to perception default at the first line of management.
The aim of this study was to identify the limiting factors for addictive behavior approach in general practitioner (GP) clinic.