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Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 14, No. 1, 36-42 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1049731503257667

Validating the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test with Persons Who Have a Serious Mental Illness

Thomas O’Hare

Boston College

Margaret V. Sherrer

South Shore Mental Health Center, Inc.

Annamaria LaButti

Fellowship Health Resources, Inc.

Kelly Emrick

Fellowship Health Resources, Inc.

Objective/Method: The use of brief, reliable, valid, and practical measures of substance use is critical for conducting individual assessments and program evaluation for integrated mental health–substance abuse services for persons with serious mental illness. This investigation examines the internal consistency reliability, concurrent validity, and receiver operating characteristics of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) with 149 mentally ill adults in community programs. Results/Conclusions: Results suggest that the AUDIT is a reliable screening tool and shows good concurrent validity with other measures of alcohol abuse and psychosocial difficulties. In addition, receiver operating characteristics suggest that, for this population, a lower cutoff score (= 3) leads to more accurate detection of an alcohol use disorder (based on the Alcohol Use Scale) than the traditional cutoff (= 8). This article discusses implications for using screens routinely as part of assessment and evaluation with this population.

Key Words: the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) • Psycho-Social Wellbeing Scale (PSWS) • serious mental illness • co-occuring mental health and substance abuse • substance abuse screening


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