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At Risk Drinking among General Practice Attenders:

Prevalence, Characteristics and Alcohol-Related Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Michael B. King
Michael B. King*
Affiliation:
General Practice Research Unit, Institute of Psychiatry, and Honorary Clinical Senior Registrar, Maudsley Hospital, London SE5
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Abstract

In a sample of attenders screened at a London health centre, 13.6% of male and 1.3% of female respondents were drinking at levels considered unsafe by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and yet revealed few indicators to alert the general practitioner in terms of classical alcohol-related disability. Males, the unemployed, and those of Scottish or Irish origin were over-represented in the ‘at risk’ group. A significant proportion viewed their general practitioner as a source of help.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 148 , Issue 5 , May 1986 , pp. 533 - 540
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Copyright © 1986 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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