However, contrary to traditional stereotypes of problem drinkers, prevalence was higher among young adult patients than among middle-aged and older people.
The first barrier, community stigma and stereotypes of "problem" drinking, might have important direct and indirect effects on the detection of at-risk drinking.
Analysis suggests that the conceptual barriers to detecting at-risk drinking were: community stigma and stereotypes of "problem drinking", GP perceptions of unreliable patient alcohol use histories, and the perceived threat to the patient-doctor relationship.
Our analysis suggests that this results from three interconnected attitudes and beliefs: (i) community stigma and stereotypes of "problem" drinking, (ii) GP perceptions of unreliable patient alcohol use histories, and (iii) the perceived threat to the patient-doctor relationship from alcohol use assessment.
"The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete," she warns.
— Powers, before playing a video featuring Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian writer, giving a talk that is quoted in "Familiar Black Quotations": "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but they are incomplete.
Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie says, "The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete.
"The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete," Adichie says.
Guild members acknowledge that stereotyping is a problem.
Stanwyck on stereotyping "My only problem is finding a way to play my 40th fallen female in a different way to my 39".
