Changes in drinking behavior among control group participants in early intervention studies targeting unhealthy alcohol use recruited in general hospitals and general practices

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 125, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 81-88

  Bischof, G ^a   Freyer Adam, J ^b   Meyer, C ^b   John, U ^b   Rumpf, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICINE GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Brief interventions; General hospital; Primary care; Self change; Teachable moment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING HABIT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLISM; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERMANY; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864977984     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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