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Alcoholism Screening, Alcohol Abuse Screening, Alcohol Dependence Screening, Alcohol Use Disorder Screening, Substance Abuse Screening

  • See also
  1. Alcoholism
  2. Substance Abuse Evaluation
  3. Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnosis
  4. Chemical Dependency Brief Counseling
  5. Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAS-10)
  6. Single-Question Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAS-1)
  1. Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAS-10)
  2. Single-Question Drug Abuse Screening Test (DAS-1)
  3. Modified Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test
    1. https://www.drugabuse.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/nmassist.pdf
  1. USPTF recommended screening tools (validated)
    1. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
      1. http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/AUDIT_screener_for_alcohol.pdf
      2. Ten question paper-based survey
      3. Greatest accuracy among screening tools
    2. AUDIT-C
      1. http://www.integration.samhsa.gov/images/res/tool_auditc.pdf
      2. Abbreviated 3 question scale
    3. Single question screen or SASQ (positive if answer given: "one or more")
      1. How many times in the past year have you had X or more drinks per day?
      2. Where X is 5 for men under age 65 years, and 4 for women and for men over age 65 years
  2. Other screening tools
    1. See CAGE Questions
    2. See NIAAA Quantity and Frequency Questionnaire
    3. Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (BMAST)
      1. Ten question survey
    4. TWEAK Survey (really TWEAC)
      1. Tolerance
      2. Worry about drinking
      3. Eye-Openers
      4. Amnesia
      5. Cut down on Alcohol use
  • Resources
  1. USPTF Alcohol Misuse: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions in Primary Care
    1. http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/UpdateSummaryFinal/alcohol-misuse-screening-and-behavioral-counseling-interventions-in-primary-care
  • References
  1. Enoch (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(3):441-50 [PubMed]
  2. Winslow (2016) Am Fam Physician 93(6): 457-65 [PubMed]