The long-term effectiveness of brief interventions for unsafe alcohol consumption: A 10-year follow-up

Addiction

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 665-675

  Wutzke, Sonia E ^a,b,e   Conigrave, Katherine M ^a,b   Saunders, John B ^c   Hall, Wayne D ^d  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e National Prescribing Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief and early intervention; Effectiveness; Long term follow up

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MORTALITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; SOCIAL ASPECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036270322     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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