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Alcohol and Alcoholism Vol. 34, No. 6, pp. 910-915, 1999
© 1999 Medical Council on Alcoholism

IDENTIFYING ALCOHOL-RELATED HARM IN YOUNG DRINKERS: THE ROLE OF ACCIDENT AND EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS

Betsy Thom*, Rachel Herring1 and Ali Judd1

School of Social Science, Middlesex University, Queensway, Enfield, Middlesex EN3 4SF and
1 Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Imperial College School of Medicine, 200 Seagrave Road, London SW6 1RQ, UK

Received 3 February 1999; first review notified 22 April 1999; accepted 24 May 1999

Data are presented from a screening study of ambulant attendees at two London Accident and Emergency (A&E) departments. Among young people (aged 16–24 years), 37.2% were drinking harmfully [an Alcohol-Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) score of 8 or more]; 17.3% admitted to drinking alcohol in the 6 h prior to attendance; and 14.6% considered that their attendance was alcohol related. Young women were as likely as men to score 8 or over. This age group had nearly twice the odds of scoring highly on the AUDIT, compared to those over 25 years old, and were more likely to report that their attendance was alcohol related. Screening in A&E departments would identify considerable numbers of young people who might benefit from brief intervention, but the problems of doing so are acknowledged.


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