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USPSTF: Not enough evidence for teens, but adults should be screened for alcohol
Author(s) -
Knopf Alison
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
alcoholism and drug abuse weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7591
pISSN - 1042-1394
DOI - 10.1002/adaw.32175
Subject(s) - task force , psychological intervention , medicine , alcohol , clinical psychology , family medicine , psychiatry , psychology , chemistry , public administration , political science , biochemistry
Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) came out with its recommendations for alcohol screening, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association . The article, “Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement,” updated the organization's 2013 recommendations, mainly changing the screening term from “alcohol misuse” to “unhealthy alcohol use.” The task force, which is nonfederal, said the evidence supports screening and brief behavioral counseling for unhealthy alcohol use in adults, but that the evidence for screening and brief behavioral counseling in adolescents was insufficient.