USPSTF Recommendation: Screening and Interventions for Unhealthy Alcohol Use

This 2018 Recommendation Statement from the US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings in adults, including pregnant women, and providing brief behavioral counseling to reduce unhealthy alcohol use (B recommendation) and concludes that evidence is insufficient to assess balance of benefits and harms of screening and counseling for alcohol use in primary care settings in adolescents (I statement).

Source: JAMA - November 13, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: research