SUD Screening Flashcards
(52 cards)
What does SBIRT stand for?
Screening, Brief, Intervention, Referral to Treatment
What are the purposes of SBIRT?
Quickly assess severity of SUD Identify appropriate LOT Increase insight/awareness of SUD Motivate toward behavioral change Identify and refer those needing extensive treatment/speciality care
Essentials of AUD diagnosis
Physiologic dependence (withdrawal symptoms)
Tolerance
Alcohol-associated illnesses (liver disease, cerebellar degeneration)
Continued consumption despite consequences
Impaired social/occupational functioning
Depression
Blackouts
What are the two phases of AUD syndrome?
At-risk drinking - minor
Alcohol misuse - moderate to severe
How is “At-risk drinking” classified?
Repetitive use of ETOH, used frequently, often to alleviate anxiety or solve emotional problems
At-Risk Drinking classification per NIAAA
Males: >4 drinks/day or >14 drinks/week
Females: >3 drinks/day or >7 drinks/week
How is “Alcohol Misuse” classified?
Recurrent use of ETOH despite disruptions in social roles (work, family, friend)
ETOH-related legal problems
Safety risks by oneself and with others
AUD DSM-5 Criteria
In the past 12 months have you
- Drank more than intended
- More than once wanted to cut down or stop, but couldn’t
- Spent a lot of time
- Craved so badly, couldn’t think of anything else
- Drinking/after effects interfered with social roles
- Drank despite consequences with fam/friends
- Cut back on things that once gave pleasure
- More than once engaged in risky behaviors
- Continued to drink despite negative mood effects or after blackout
- Drinking more to get desired effect, usual amount less effective
- Withdrawal s/s
AUD DSM-5 Diagnosis per Criteria
Presence of at least two symptoms in the past 12 months
AUD DSM-5 Severity Indicator
Mild: +2-3 s/s
Mod: +4-5 s/s
Severe: 6+ s/s
Standard ETOH drink amounts
1 drink:
- 12 oz beer 5%
- 5 oz of wine
- 1.5 oz of liquor
What is a fifth of ETOH?
26 oz of liquor
What is a handle of beer?
1/2 gallon or 3-5L
How many drinks in a bottle of wine? (26oz, 1 fifth)
6 drinks
AUD risk factors
At-risk drinkers at >r/f AUD Male:Female = 4:1 Psychiatric disorders Japanese more susceptible to ETOH s/e Majority of suicides/homicides involve ETOH R/F rapes and assaults
What is the CAGE questionnaire?
Screening for AUD
- Cut down
- Annoyed you/criticized
- Guilt
- Eye Opener
No or Yes = 0 or 1
Score/4
Score 2+/4 is significant, further assessment required
Score 1+ in women should raise concern
What is the AUDIT questionnaire?
Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test
10 items, 0-4
Score/40
AUDIT questionnaire classifications
Scoring/Intervention
0-7: Low-risk/Feedback
8-14: Hazardous-harmful/Feedback, brief intervention
15+: Alcohol-dependent range/Feedback, referral, detox? meds?
Clinical findings of AUD
Acute intoxication
Withdrawal
Alcoholic (Organic) hallucination
Chronic alcoholic brain syndromes
S/S of acute ETOH intoxication
drowsiness, errors, psychomotor dysfunction, disinhibition, dysarthria, ataxia, nystagmus
Severe overdose: resp depression, stupor, seizures, shock, coma, death
Dysarthria - speech impaired by motor impairment
S/S of ETOH withdrawal
anxiety, decreased cognition, tremulous, irritability, hyperreactivity, DTs
S/S may persist for 3-12 months and become chronic
S/S of Alcoholic (organic) hallucinations
paranoid psychosis without tremulousness, confusion or withdrawal symptoms
S/S of chronic alcoholic brain syndromes
Encephalopathies causing erratic behavior, impaired memory/recall, emotional instability
Eg: Wernicke encephalopathy & Korsakoff psychosis caused by thiamine deficiency results in confusion, ataxia, ophthalmoplegia
AUD lab findings
Increased liver enzymes GGT>30u/L suggestive of heavy drinking MCV >95 for males, >100 for females Increased uric acid Increased triglycerides Decreased K+ and Mg+
Elevated MCV and GGT helpful identifiers