What process research tells us about brief intervention efficacy

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 612-616

  Daeppen, Jean Bernard ^a   Bertholet, Nicolas ^a   Gaume, Jacques ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief intervention; Motivational interviewing skill code; Process

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; ALCOHOLISM; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77958548219     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00235.x     Document Type: Article

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