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Alcoholism Screening

Aka: Alcoholism Screening, Alcohol Abuse Screening, Alcohol Dependence Screening, Substance Abuse Screening

See also
1. Alcoholism
2. Substance Abuse Evaluation
3. Alcoholism DSM-IV Criteria
4. Chemical Dependency Brief Counseling
Indications
1. Screening for Alcohol Dependence
Screening Questionnaires to identify Problem Drinking
1. See CAGE Questions
2. See NIAAA Quantity and Frequency Questionnaire
3. Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT)
  1. Ten question paper-based survey
  2. Greatest accuracy among screening tools
4. Brief Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test (BMAST)
  1. Ten question survey
5. TWEAK Survey (really TWEAC)
  1. Tolerance
  2. Worry about drinking
  3. Eye-Openers
  4. Amnesia
  5. Cut down on Alcohol use
References
1. Enoch (2002) Am Fam Physician 65(3):441-50

Screening for alcoholism (C0260943)
Concepts	Finding (T033)
ICD9	V79.1
SnomedCT	316663000
English	Screening for alcoholism, [V]Screening for alcoholism (context-dependent category), [V]Screening for alcoholism, [V]Screening for alcoholism (situation), screening for alcoholism, alcoholism screening, alcoholism; screening, screening; alcoholism
Spanish	[V]detección selectiva de alcoholismo (categoría dependiente del contexto), [V]cribado de alcoholismo, [V]screening de alcoholismo, [V]pesquisa de alcoholismo, [V]detección selectiva de alcoholismo (situación), [V]detección selectiva de alcoholismo, [V]tamizaje de alcoholismo
Dutch	alcoholisme; screening, screening; alcoholisme
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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