The graphic is a bar chart listing three topics--depression, alcohol abuse, and prescription drug abuse--and the percentage of physicians who find discussion about the topic difficult. Depression was a difficult topic for 17.9% of physicians, alcohol abuse was a difficult topic for 40.7%, and prescription drug abuse was difficult for 46.6%.
Source: Missed Opportunity: National Survey of Primary Care Physicians and Patients on Substance Abuse, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA), New York, 2000.
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