Background Excessive drinking is a significant cause of mortality, morbidity and social
problems in many countries. Brief interventions aim to reduce alcohol consumption and …

Methods We conducted systematic electronic database searches to include randomized
controlled trials of AUD screening, brief intervention, referral, and treatment (SBIRT), from …

Background: Brief interventions have the potential to reduce heavy drinking in young adults
who present to the emergency department (ED), but require time and resources rarely …

Abstract Background and Aims Despite ambiguous evidence for the effectiveness of alcohol
screening with brief interventions (BI) in emergency departments (ED), ambition for their …

This article is a product of a breakout session on injury prevention from the 2009 Academic
Emergency Medicine consensus conference on “Public Health in the ED: Screening …

OBJECTIVES: This study examined the efficacy of emergency department (ED)-based brief
interventions (BIs), delivered by a computer or therapist, with and without a post-ED session …

Accessible summary What is known on the subject? Despite differences between samples,
some literature reviews have suggested that MI is effective in enhancing treatment …

Context Excessive drinking is responsible for one in ten deaths among working-age adults
in the US annually. Alcohol screening and brief intervention is an effective but underutilized …

Aims To examine efficacy of drug brief interventions (BIs) among adults presenting to a low‐
income urban emergency department (ED). Design Randomized controlled trial on drug use …

Emerging technologies, such as the Internet and text messaging, have an ever-growing role
in providing services to problem drinkers. This article summarizes selected examples of …