Missed opportunities in addressing drinking behavior in medical and mental health services

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1132-1141

  Weisner, Constance ^a,b   Matzger, Helen ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c ALCOHOL RESEARCH GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

Dependence; Mental Health; Primary Care; Problem Drinking; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; AMBULATORY CARE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0038036399     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ALC.0000075546.38349.69     Document Type: Article

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