UNC's Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program and the Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies are sponsoring National Alcohol Screening Day at the Neuroscience Hospital of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The alcohol screening program addresses a range of drinking behaviors from risky drinking to alcohol dependence. The program is intended to inform participants about the signs and symptoms of alcohol problems, and help them determine if they or a loved one could benefit from a complete evaluation and possible treatment. Visitors are invited to watch a video presentation on alcohol problems and to take home information pamphlets. A screening form may be filled out anonymously.
Participants can then have a short, confidential visit with an addiction therapist.
Substance abuse counselors from UNC's Alcohol and Substance Abuse Program will be on hand to speak with participants about problems alcohol may be causing in their lives. The therapists will provide referrals for people needing further treatment. Students at the University of North Carolina will have the chance to attend a screening day program that focuses on alcohol problems in a college environment. That successful program saw almost 100,000 participants last year. National Alcohol Screening Day will be held on the first floor of the Neuroscience Hospital, in the Department of Psychiatry.