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Members of the public: Want to take a free and anonymous screening? Find
an Alcohol Screening Day site near you!
Online Registrations is now closed for National Alcohol Screening Day 2004.
IMPORTANT NOTE – PLEASE READ NOW!
Due to overwhelming high demand, we no longer have NASD kits available! If you would like
access to our NASD registered site webpage, that includes downloadable screening forms,
scoring instructions, customizable posters, the NASD Training video, bruchures, CEU
materials and other resources, please contact or call our office at 1-800-253-7658.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Thank you for your interest in NASD 2004!
For help and questions about your existing registration or kit
order, please contact the NASD office toll-free at (800) 253-7658 or
email us today
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National Alcohol
Screening Day is an annual event that provides information about alcohol
and health as well as free, anonymous screening for alcohol-use disorders.
Event sites are located in community, college, primary health care,
military and employment settings.
The program is designed to provide outreach, screening and
education about alcohol’s effects on health for the general public.
The theme, “Alcohol and Health,
Where do you draw the line?” focuses on a broad health message that is
applicable to anyone who drinks alcohol.
NASD is a program of Screening for Mental
Health (SMH), and is conducted in collaboration with the National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental
Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and
Human
Services.
A
Workplace Alcohol Screening Campaign, conducted by employers who are using
SMH’s Interactive Screening Program, includes special
educational and promotional materials that tie-in with NASD.
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Interested in Hosting an NASD Event?
NASD 2004:January 2004
and the latest edition,
February 2004
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Register online
now!
Alcohol Fact Sheet (coming
soon!)
Participate! Attend a Screening:
(Find
an alcohol screening site near you!)
Everyone can
benefit from learning more about at-risk drinking behaviors, alcohol
abuse, and dependence, if not for yourself, then for someone you care
about. Studies show that nearly one third of adults engage in at-risk
drinking patterns and may not even know it. The National Alcohol
Screening Day (NASD) message puts it simply: “Alcohol and Your Health:
Where Do You Draw the Line?” Each of us needs to know just where that
line is so that we have the information to safeguard our health.
(National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Helping Patients
With Alcohol Problems: A Health Practitioner’s Guide. U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, publication No. 03-3769. January
2003)
What’s a Screening Like?
First, and most importantly, all
screenings are free and anonymous. The screening is an opportunity to:
- learn more about alcohol and your health
- complete a brief screening questionnaire
- view a video, take educational materials
- speak one-on-one with a health professional
You do not have to complete the screening questionnaire if you do not
want to but if you completed it, you will have a short interview with a
health professional to discuss your questionnaire results and any
symptoms you or others may be experiencing. The health professional may
provide you with a referral list to treatment centers in your area after
this interview.
There may be a place on the screening questionnaire that asks if you
would like to participate in a follow-up study. The follow-up study is
designed to help learn about the success of the screening program and
discover whether participants found the program useful. Everyone who
participates is encouraged to simply sign only your first name and
provide a telephone number. If you do not want to participate, just
leave this section blank. Participation in the follow-up study is
completely voluntary and has no bearing on the screening itself.
- Sample Screening Questions:
- How often do you have a drink containing
alcohol?
- How many drinks containing alcohol do you
have on a typical day when you are drinking?
- How often do you have six or more drinks on one
occasion?
Find
an alcohol screening site near you!
American
Academy of Addiction Psychiatry
American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners
American Academy of Physician
Assistants
American Association for Geriatric
Psychiatry
American Association for Marriage
and Family Therapy
American College of Emergency
Physicians
American College of Nurse-Midwives
American College of Obstetricians and
Gynecologists
American
College of Physicians
American Council on Alcoholism
American Geriatrics
Society
American Medical Association
American Osteopathic Association
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association and
College of Prof. Psychology
American Society of Addiction
Medicine
American Trauma Society
Arizona
Department of Health, Division of Behavioral Health, Bureau of Subtance Abuse
Treatment and Prevention Services
Association of Maternal and Child
Health Programs
Association for Medical Education
and Research in Substance Abuse (AMERSA)
Association of Black Psychologists
Anxiety Disorders Association of
America
College Parents of America
Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of
America
Goodwill Industries
International, Inc.
Higher Education Center for
Alcohol & Other Drug Prevention
International Nurses Society on
Addictions
International Society for Traumatic
Stress Studies
Join Together
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
National Association of Alcoholism
& Drug Abuse Counselors
National Association for
Children of Alcoholics
National Association of Addiction
Treatment Providers
National Association of Community
Health Centers
National Association of State
Alcohol/ Drug Abuse Directors
National Association of Psychiatric
Health Systems
National Association of Social
Workers
National Center for Farmworker Health
National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA)
National Council on Alcoholism and
Drug Dependence
National Hispanic Medical
Association
National Interfraternity
Conference
National Mental Health Association
National Organization on Fetal
Alcohol Syndrome
National Panhellenic Conference
Society for Academic Emergency
Medicine
State Associations of Addiction
Services
U.S. Department of
Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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