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In an occasional column, Journal Watch Psychiatry editors briefly comment on review articles. These annotations were written by Deborah Cowley, MD, Barbara Geller, MD, Peter Roy-Byrne, MD, Jonathan Silver, MD, and Joel Yager, MD.
Roundup of alcohol-use disorders. This succinct and useful review, written for a wide audience of primary care providers and other practicing physicians, outlines the diagnosis, identification, course, pathophysiology, medical and psychiatric comorbidity, and treatment of alcohol-use disorders.1 However, it would be helpful to have more specific recommendations regarding particular screening questionnaires and blood tests to employ in a busy practice and regarding how to differentiate “unhealthy” levels of drinking …