VIDEO: Screening for substance use disorders is essential

TORONTO – Less than 10% of adults with any form of substance use disorders ever receive treatment, according to Dr. Shelly F. Greenfield, director of the division of alcohol and drug abuse at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

“Most patients won’t disclose their substance use unless they are asked,” Dr. Greenfield says in this video, recorded at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

Screening all patients is particularly important, according to Dr. Greenfield, who says the patients you are least likely to suspect are often the ones who need help the most.

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TORONTO – Less than 10% of adults with any form of substance use disorders ever receive treatment, according to Dr. Shelly F. Greenfield, director of the division of alcohol and drug abuse at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

“Most patients won’t disclose their substance use unless they are asked,” Dr. Greenfield says in this video, recorded at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

Screening all patients is particularly important, according to Dr. Greenfield, who says the patients you are least likely to suspect are often the ones who need help the most.

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On Twitter @whitneymcknight

TORONTO – Less than 10% of adults with any form of substance use disorders ever receive treatment, according to Dr. Shelly F. Greenfield, director of the division of alcohol and drug abuse at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass.

“Most patients won’t disclose their substance use unless they are asked,” Dr. Greenfield says in this video, recorded at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association.

Screening all patients is particularly important, according to Dr. Greenfield, who says the patients you are least likely to suspect are often the ones who need help the most.

[email protected]

On Twitter @whitneymcknight