BACKGROUND: Professional organizations recommend screening and brief intervention for
unhealthy alcohol use; however, brief intervention has established efficacy only for people …

OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence of alcohol misuse among medical inpatients
and the methods used by medical staff to evaluate alcohol consumption. METHODS …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the effect of a screen for problem drinking on medical residents and
their patients. DESIGN: Descriptive cohort study. SETTING: Veterans Affairs Medical Clinic …

BACKGROUND Prevalence of unhealthy alcohol use among medical inpatients is high.
OBJECTIVE To characterize the course and outcomes of unhealthy alcohol use, and factors …

Background: The efficacy of brief intervention in reducing alcohol consumption is well
established for selected outpatients but not for medical inpatients. Objective: To determine …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Unhealthy alcohol use is prevalent but under-diagnosed in
primary care settings. OBJECTIVE To validate, in primary care, a single-item screening test …

Background This study provides, to our knowledge, the first national prevalence estimates
ofDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV), alcohol …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND There is limited data on the extent to which indicated alcohol
interventions are delivered in US ambulatory care settings. OBJECTIVE To assess the …

OBJECTIVE: To describe adult primary care physicians' and psychiatrists' approach to
alcohol screening and treatment, and to identify correlates of more optimal practices …

Background Studies on alcohol abuse are frequently based on patients who meet minimum
diagnostic criteria, thus ignoring patients with individual symptoms of harmful or hazardous …