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USPSTF Again Recommends Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adults

By the Editors

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is again recommending that primary care clinicians screen adults, including pregnant women, for unhealthy drinking.

In the draft recommendation statement, the group says that adults who consume a risky amount of alcohol (i.e., exceeding recommended limits but not qualifying for alcohol use disorder) should be given a brief behavioral counseling intervention to lower their intake (grade B). This includes men who drink more than 14 drinks a week, and women who drink more than seven. The evidence was insufficient to make a recommendation for adolescents (I statement).

The recommendations are similar to the group's 2013 guidelines.

USPSTF draft recommendation statement (Free)

USPSTF draft evidence review (Free)

USPSTF grade definitions (Free)

Background: NEJM Journal Watch General Medicine coverage of 2013 USPSTF recommendations (Free)

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