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Published on: January 5, 2018
Emergency department detection of adolescents with a history of alcohol abuse and alcohol problems
Holly Sindelar-Manning1, William Lewander, Thomas Chun
1Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA.
Objective:
To compare the characteristics of adolescents with and without a history of problematic alcohol use, who are treated in the emergency department (ED) for an alcohol-related problem.
Methods:
Three hundred seventeen adolescents presenting to the ED after an alcohol-related incident were divided into 2 groups based on whether their score on the Adolescent Drinking Inventory reached the clinical cutoff on problematic drinking, and compared regarding current drinking, depression, and risk-taking behaviors.
Results:
Adolescents who reached the clinical cutoff on the Adolescent Drinking Inventory were older and reported more frequent drinking, greater depressed mood, and more risk-taking behaviors.
Conclusions:
Of the adolescents presenting to the ED with an alcohol-related incident, those with a positive history of problematic drinking represent a particularly high-risk subgroup.
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