15% of surgeons struggle with alcohol problems

By Carolyne Krupa, amednews staff. Posted March 6, 2012.   More than one in seven surgeons struggle with alcohol abuse or dependence, says a study in the February Archives of Surgery.  Researchers conducted an anonymous survey of 7,194 members of the American College of Surgeons and found that 15.4% of respondents had a score on the World Health Organization’s Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test that indicated alcohol abuse or dependence.  Read more