Validation of the ASSIST for Detecting Unhealthy Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders in Urgent Care Patients.

J Aaron JohnsonWhitney BembryJustin PetersonAnna LeeJ Paul Seale

Published in: Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research (2015)

Optimal ASSIST cutoff scores for unhealthy alcohol use are lower than those commonly used in many SBI programs. Use of lower ASSIST cutoff scores may increase detection of unhealthy alcohol use and increase the numbers served by SBI programs.

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