Citation

Glitsch E, Bornewasser M, Philipp KP, Dunkel F, Lignitz E. Blutalkohol 2001; 38(3): 131-154.

Affiliation

Inst. fur Socialpsychology/Arbeits, Org. Spsychologie Ernst-Moritz-Arndt, Univ. Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, International Committee on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety and Bund gegen Alkohol und Drogen im Straßenverkehr, Publisher Steintor Verlag)

DOI

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PMID

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Abstract

The above paper describes an alternative way of gaining access to the high-risk group of hazardous drink drivers. In practice this means that high-risk groups can be identified and that preventive measures can be made available for a wider spectrum of the population. Low correlations of indicators for hazardous drinking show that a reliable definition of 'hazardous drinking behaviour' is not possible. However, a reliable definition of the term 'risk groups' is possible by collecting a specific combination of diagnostic information at an optimum time. To achieve this, the concept of 'exploitation of a critical diagnostic timeface' is introduced and the term 'hazardous drinking behaviour' is defined more clearly. A reliable screening of different high-risk groups with regard to hazardous drinking behaviour is possible by examining usual blood markers (methanol CDT and (gamma)-GT) in conjunction with blood alcohol samples taken at the time of the incident. People who show signs of hazardous drinking for the first time can be identified and assigned to the appropriate treatments without the need to rely on the information they gave about themselves. The research data emphasise the importance of objective indicators for screening high-risk groups.