The prevalence of undetected alcohol dependence was examined utilizing the Michigan Alcohol Screening Test for 118 (68 women) users of community mental health services as part of a Quality Assurance Review. Clinicians did not uniformly request information about substance abuse in the diagnostic interview and did not uniformly address alcohol abuse in the treatment plan when alcohol dependence was diagnosed. Other programs may have similar problems.
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