A brief intervention reduces hazardous and harmful drinking in emergency department patients.

TL;DR: The findings indicate that SBIRT reduced risky driving and hazardous drinking in young adults, but its effects did not persist after 9 months, and future research should explore methods for extending the intervention effect.

TL;DR: In this paper, a randomized trial was conducted to determine if a multi-level trauma center intervention targeting both providers and patients would lead to higher-quality alcohol screening and brief intervention when compared with trauma center mandate compliance without implementation enhancements.

TL;DR: People diagnosed with substance or alcohol use disorders appear to be more willing to enter treatment in a primary care setting than in a specialty drug treatment center, and expanding availability of primary care-based substance use disorder treatment could increase treatment rates.

TL;DR: SBIRT can be a valuable approach to screening and treatment for SUDs when delivered by a range of healthcare professionals, and a more nuanced understanding of the assumptions and characteristics of each profession may shape more effective training curricula and highlight interprofessional models of SBIRT delivery that maximize the strengths of each Profession.

TL;DR: This manual introduces the AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption.

TL;DR: Concerns about how best to measure drinking patterns and problems date back to at least 1926, when Pearl stressed the importance of separating steady daily drinkers from occasional heavy drinkers.

TL;DR: Brief interventions consistently produced reductions in alcohol consumption, and the effect was clear in men at one year of follow up, but unproven in women.