The Use of Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Detecting Alcohol Use Disorder and Risk Drinking in the General Population: Validation of AUDIT Using Schedules for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry

Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 158-165

  Lundin, Andreas ^a   Hallgren, Mats ^a   Balliu, Natalja ^b   Forsell, Yvonne ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol Use Disorder; Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test; Dependence; Sensitivity and Specificity; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; VALIDATION STUDY; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK-TAKING; ROC CURVE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921457489     PISSN: 01456008     EISSN: 15300277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acer.12593     Document Type: Article

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