HealthDay (5/24) reports, “Americans with drinking problems are rarely referred for treatment, even though most say a” physician “has asked about their alcohol use,” investigators concluded in a study that “is not the first to uncover low rates of treatment for alcohol use disorders (AUDs).”
Healio (5/24, Weller) reports researchers “used data from the 2015 to 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health to determine the prevalence of” AUDs among US “adults as well as the proportion of adults with AUDs who used health care services in the previous 12 months; were screened for alcohol use; received a brief intervention for alcohol misuse; received information about treatment; and received treatment for AUD.” The study authors wrote that they “advocate for increased engagement of this high-risk population by implementing evidence-based treatment in the primary care setting.” The findings were published online May 16 in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.
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— “Just 1 in 10 People With Alcohol Problems Get Treatment “Amy Norton, HealthDay , May 24, 2021