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Task force says not enough evidence to support screening teens for alcohol
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30354
Subject(s) - task force , statement (logic) , medicine , task (project management) , family medicine , psychology , political science , law , engineering , public administration , systems engineering
Last month, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) came out with its recommendations for alcohol screening, including of adolescents. The statement, published in JAMA , says the state of the evidence is insufficient regarding the benefits and harms of screening and behavioral counseling to adolescents regarding unhealthy alcohol use. This is exactly what the USPSTF said in its last recommendation, issued 5 years ago.