Substance use disorder, including relapse prevention and acute withdrawal from

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Substance use disorder management spans acute withdrawal management (safe, symptom-guided detoxification), relapse prevention (pharmacological and psychosocial strategies to sustain recovery), and harm reduction (minimising harm from ongoing use where abstinence is not the immediate goal) - these are complementary, not competing, strategies applied based on the individual patient's readiness and goals
See for the structured withdrawal severity assessment tools used to guide acute withdrawal management

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