CAGE questionnaire

Alcoholism is ubiquitous and often occult. All physicians are instructed to screen for SUDs, and this is also an essential component of every mental health assessment. There are many tools to accomplish this, and one of the simplest was advocated by the American Medical Association (AMA). The AMA has suggested the CAGE questions about alcohol use as a routine screening test for every adult and adolescent. The CAGE questionnaire consists of the following four questions ... 

Mayfield, D., McLeod, G., Hail, R The CAGE questionnaire vahda-tion of a new alcoholism screening instrument. Amer. J. Psychiat. 1974 131 1121-1123... 

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