Alcoholism in Physicians

ROBERT G. NIVEN; RICHARD D. HURT; ROBERT M. MORSE; WENDELL M. SWENSON

doi:10.1016/S0025-6196(12)60335-8

Alcoholism in Physicians

ROBERT G. NIVEN, RICHARD D. HURT, ROBERT M. MORSE, WENDELL M. SWENSON

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The Self-Administered Alcoholism Screening Test was completed by physicians attending an annual continuing medical education meeting. Of the responding physicians, 12% were identified as abstainers, 81% were classified as not alcohol-dependent drinkers, 5% were classified as possibly alcoholic, and 2% were classified as probably alcoholic. These results were similar to those obtained in a nonphysician general medical patient population previously given the same questionnaire. The data show that the prevalence of alcoholism among a group of physicians is not substantially different from that in a general medical population.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	12-16
Number of pages	5
Journal	Mayo Clinic proceedings
Volume	59
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0025-6196(12)60335-8
State	Published - 1984

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