Is there really no evidence of the efficacy of brief alcohol interventions for increasing subsequent utilization of alcohol-related services? Commentary on the paper by Glass et al. (2015)

Addiction

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 180-181

  Simioni, Nicolas ^a,b   Rolland, Benjamin ^a   Cottencin, Olivier ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b EPSM Val de Lys Artois   (France)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol misuse; Alcohol treatment utilization; Brief alcohol interventions; Brief interventions; Treatment utilization

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ALCOHOLISM; COUNSELING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COUNSELING; ETHANOL; HUMANS;

EID: 85028270762     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.13145     Document Type: Letter

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