The Paddington Alcohol Test: The evolution of a pragmatic clinical tool

Robert Patton

The Paddington Alcohol Test: The evolution of a pragmatic clinical tool

Robert Patton

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Abstract

The Paddington Alcohol Test (PAT) is a brief questionniare that reliably identifies hazardous and harmful drinkers. Developed collaboratively by clinicians and psychologists, it is an evolving and pragmatic tool that can be administered in under a minute, yet has high levels of sensitivity and specificity when compared to gold standard measures such as the AUDIT.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	64-67
Number of pages	4
Journal	International Journal of Advances in Psychology
Volume	1
Issue number	3
Publication status	Published - Nov 2012

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Alcohol
Paddington Alcohol Test

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Alcohol and the Emergency Department: Interventions to Reduce Harm
Patton, R., 2012, Lambert Academic Publishing.
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Alcohol and the emergency department. Screening and interventions to reduce harm
Patton, R. & Imperial College, London, 31 Mar 2011, Imperial College London (University of London).
Research output: Other contribution

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The Paddington Alcohol Test: The evolution of a pragmatic clinical tool

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Alcohol and the Emergency Department: Interventions to Reduce Harm

Alcohol and the emergency department. Screening and interventions to reduce harm

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