USPSTF: Not enough evidence for teens, but adults should be screened for alcohol

Last week, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) came out with its recommendations for alcohol screening, published in theJournal 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.

Source: Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Weekly - November 16, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Alison Knopf Tags: Articles Source Type: research