Alcoholism is prevalent among psychiatric inpatients, and accurately diagnosing alcohol
prob lems is a critical step in treatment planning. The authors diagnosed alcohol …

BACKGROUND: Alcohol misuse is a common and well‐documented source of morbidity
and mortality. Brief primary care alcohol counseling has been shown to benefit patients with …

ALCOHOLISM affects an estimated 10 million Americans. 1 It plays a role in 10% of all
deaths in the United States and is the cause of inestimable human anguish.~ Prevalence …

Objective: Brief medical management and alcohol pharmacotherapy are effective treatments
for alcoholic participants enrolled in randomized controlled trials, and this suggests that …

Although alcoholics are known to utilize a disproportionate amount of medical care, hospital
patients are not rountinely screened for alcoholism. A sample of 310 randomly selected …

Given the tremendous financial and human costs of alcohol abuse and dependence,
physician competency in alcohol related issues must be increased. Alcohol competency is …

Background. Little is known about how to predict the course of alcohol withdrawal. This
study explores rela tionships between alcohol levels at admission to a detoxification unit and …

Background Alcohol-related diseases and injuries pose a significant burden on hospital
emergency departments (EDs). Recognized limitations of self-reported data suggest that …

Alcohol consumption in the UK has been increasing steadily. We prospectively studied the
burden on hospital services caused by overt alcohol misuse, in an inner‐city hospital in …

The Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test was completed by physicians attending
an annual continuing medical education meeting. Of the responding physicians, 12% were …