Alcohol Education Inventory-Revised: what every mental health professional should know about alcohol. 2009


In 1995, Miller and C'de Baca created a 50-item measure, the Alcohol Education Inventory (AEI), to assess mental health professionals' basic knowledge of alcohol and alcohol problems. The purpose of this study was to update the AEI based on advances in the field since its publication. The AEI-Revised (AEI-R) consists of 13 of the original AEI items, 30 items that were revised and updated, and 7 new items. The AEI-R was administered to 90 mental health trainees with percentage correct ranging from 60% (psychology postdoctoral fellows) to 70% (psychiatry residents). The percent correct is very similar to that found on the original AEI (64%-70%). Survey results suggest that alcohol-related knowledge by mental health professionals in general training is less than adequate. The AEI-R may be useful as a tool to assess basic knowledge of alcohol among mental health professionals.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007722 Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Knowledge, attitudes, and associated behaviors which pertain to health-related topics such as PATHOLOGIC PROCESSES or diseases, their prevention, and treatment. This term refers to non-health workers and health workers (HEALTH PERSONNEL). Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
D008605 Mental Health Services Organized services to provide mental health care. Mental Hygiene Services,Health Services, Mental,Services, Mental Health,Services, Mental Hygiene,Health Service, Mental,Hygiene Service, Mental,Hygiene Services, Mental,Mental Health Service,Mental Hygiene Service,Service, Mental Health,Service, Mental Hygiene
D006282 Health Personnel Men and women working in the provision of health services, whether as individual practitioners or employees of health institutions and programs, whether or not professionally trained, and whether or not subject to public regulation. (From A Discursive Dictionary of Health Care, 1976) Health Care Professionals,Health Care Providers,Healthcare Providers,Healthcare Workers,Health Care Professional,Health Care Provider,Healthcare Provider,Healthcare Worker,Personnel, Health,Professional, Health Care,Provider, Health Care,Provider, Healthcare
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000428 Alcohol Drinking Behaviors associated with the ingesting of ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, including social drinking. Alcohol Consumption,Alcohol Intake,Drinking, Alcohol,Alcohol Drinking Habits,Alcohol Drinking Habit,Alcohol Intakes,Consumption, Alcohol,Drinking Habit, Alcohol,Habit, Alcohol Drinking,Habits, Alcohol Drinking,Intake, Alcohol
D019973 Alcohol-Related Disorders Disorders related to or resulting from abuse or misuse of alcohol. Alcohol Problem,Alcohol Problems,Alcohol Related Disorders,Alcohol-Related Disorder,Disorder, Alcohol-Related
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