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Screening for alcoholism in general medical patients
N G Hoffmann1, P A Harrison, F Ninonuevo
1Department of Psychiatry, Ramsey Clinic, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Alcohol and Alcoholism (Oxford, Oxfordshire)
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Medical patients (N = 108) were administered a brief screening instrument (LAMSI) and a structured diagnostic interview (SUDDS). Twenty-five patients met DSM-III criteria for an alcohol use disorder, 20 current, five in remission. The four-item scale embedded in the screen identified the alcoholics with 88% sensitivity and 96% specificity.