SCREENING ALCOHOL-ABUSE POTENTIAL AMONG ARMY RESERVISTS WITH THE SHORT MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING-TEST

Authors
ALEXANDER D MANGELSDORFF AD
Citation
D. Alexander et Ad. Mangelsdorff, SCREENING ALCOHOL-ABUSE POTENTIAL AMONG ARMY RESERVISTS WITH THE SHORT MICHIGAN ALCOHOLISM SCREENING-TEST, Military medicine, 159(9), 1994, pp. 595-600
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine Miscellaneus
Journal title
Military medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00264075
Volume
159
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
595 - 600
Database
ISI
SICI code
0026-4075(1994)159:9<595:SAPAAR>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The Short Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test was psychometrically usef ul in screening a sample of 560 reservists from a midwest general hosp ital unit. The most conservative estimate of alcohol abuse potential w as 11.3%, with possibly 6.6% having symptoms of alcohol dependence. Co mparisons with active duty military, Army, and civilian samples sugges t that prevalence of abuse in the Reserve sample is similar to that of the combined military, but lower than that of the Army. Future resear ch and policy choices are highlighted.