Screening and clinical detection of alcohol disorder in general practice
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description: Aim: This thesis reports on the implementation of key alcohol research findings to the screening and clinical detection of alcohol risk and disorder in a general practice. it aims to provide a literature review which will explain the nature of alcohol risk and disorder, why alcohol screening is necessary, and how this screening could be undertaken in general practice using a model of screening by healthcheck. Alcohol risk is presented as the likelihood of an individual to develop alcohol-related complications. Definitions of alcohol disorder are discussed and the reasons for adopting the DSM111R criteria explained. A study is reported in which healthcheck screening is used to improve detection of alcohol risk and disorder in the author’s general practice. Selected cases are presented to highlight particular issues relevant to alcohol in general practice. The study findings are discussed with reference to the literature review and recommendations on the use of the healthcheck Screening model in general practice presented. Method: All English language medical journals reporting alcohol-related research were identified by contents review (specialist alcohol and New Zealand journals), medline search (using keywords and related articles/author-specific searching) or cross.referencing from other reports. other alcohol-related professional reports were identified from library searches or obtained from original sources. From the literature review, a format was developed for the healthcheck questionnaire which included a brief alcohol screen. This brief questionnaire included three questions on consumption of alcohol, and two questions identifying concern about alcohol use, modified from screening questionnaires available at the start of the study, particularly the Canterbury Alcohotism Screening Test (CAST) and the Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST). Adult patients registered with the practice were offered a personal invitation by the doctor to attend a hea…
abstract: Aim: This thesis reports on the implementation of key alcohol research findings to the screening and clinical detection of alcohol risk and disorder in a general practice. it aims to provide a literature review which will explain the nature of alcohol risk and disorder, why alcohol screening is necessary, and how this screening could be undertaken in general practice using a model of screening by healthcheck. Alcohol risk is presented as the likelihood of an individual to develop alcohol-related complications. Definitions of alcohol disorder are discussed and the reasons for adopting the DSM111R criteria explained. A study is reported in which healthcheck screening is used to improve detection of alcohol risk and disorder in the author’s general practice. Selected cases are presented to highlight particular issues relevant to alcohol in general practice. The study findings are discussed with reference to the literature review and recommendations on the use of the healthcheck Screening model in general practice presented. Method: All English language medical journals reporting alcohol-related research were identified by contents review (specialist alcohol and New Zealand journals), medline search (using keywords and related articles/author-specific searching) or cross.referencing from other reports. other alcohol-related professional reports were identified from library searches or obtained from original sources. From the literature review, a format was developed for the healthcheck questionnaire which included a brief alcohol screen. This brief questionnaire included three questions on consumption of alcohol, and two questions identifying concern about alcohol use, modified from screening questionnaires available at the start of the study, particularly the Canterbury Alcohotism Screening Test (CAST) and the Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test (SAAST). Adult patients registered with the practice were offered a personal invitation by the doctor to attend a hea…
author: McMenamin, John
language: en
license: https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm
date published: 2001
date modified: 2026-07-24T01:05:11Z
provider: University of Auckland
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
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source organization: ResearchSpace@Auckland

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value: https://hdl.handle.net/2292/3190