Let’s stop using the CAGE questionnaire

The CAGE questionnaire has been used for many decades as a screening tool for “alcoholism”. The letters C.A.G.E. stand for Cutting down, Annoyance by criticism, Guilty feeling, and Eye-openers (Ewing, 1984). The acronym CAGE was designed to help clinicians remember 4 questions that a person being screened was to be asked (Ewing, 1984): 1. Felt…