All adults should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use, new guidelines say
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All adults should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use, new guidelines say. The negative consequences of too much alcohol include illness, injury, and death -- unhealthy alcohol use ranks as the third leading preventable cause of death in the US according to the task force. When pregnant women drink, birth defects and developmental problems in their children may follow.By Susan Scutti, CNN
Updated 2:06 PM ET, Tue November 13, 2018
You can expect a "drinking checkup" when you visit the doctor. All adults, including pregnant women, should be screened for unhealthy alcohol use by their primary care physicians, the United States Preventive Services Task Force advises. For those patients who drink above the recommended limits, doctors should provide brief counseling to help them reduce their drinking, according to the new task force statement published Tuesday in the medical journal JAMA.
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US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement
November 13, 2018
Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults
JAMA. 2018;320(18):1899-1909. doi:10.1001/jama.2018.16789
The USPSTF recommends screening for unhealthy alcohol use in primary care settings in adults 18 years or older, including pregnant women, and providing persons engaged in risky or hazardous drinking with brief behavioral counseling interventions to reduce unhealthy alcohol use. (B recommendation) The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening and brief behavioral counseling interventions for alcohol use in primary care settings in adolescents aged 12 to 17 years. (I statement)
Full-text article, JAMA: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2714537
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