Alcohol counseling

From genetic counseling to “genomic counseling”

Genetic counseling is “the process of helping people understand and adapt to the medical, psychological, and familial implications of genetic contributions to disease.” Traditionally, this process includes collecting and interpreting the family and medical history, risk assessment, a comprehensive educational process for potential genetic testing, informed consent, and psychosocial assessment a...

Screening and behavioral counseling interventions in primary care to reduce alcohol misuse.

Screening and Brief Alcohol Counseling of College Students and Persons Not in School.

Results |Twothousandninehundredeightythermometershave been used at least once since September 2014. The average thermometer has been used approximately 7 times and 50% of these users also recorded symptomswith the app.Notably, therewas adiscernible spike inusage in theDallas, Texas, area after the first patient was diagnosed with Ebola on September 30, 2014. Between September 1 and September 27...

Provider training for patient-centered alcohol counseling in a primary care setting.

OBJECTIVE To assess the impact of a brief training program on primary care providers' skills, attitudes, and knowledge regarding high-risk and problem drinking. DESIGN Training plus pretesting and posttesting for program efficacy. SETTING Ambulatory primary care clinic; academic medical center. PARTICIPANTS Fourteen attending physicians, 12 residents, and 5 nurse practitioners were random...

Decreases in self-reported alcohol consumption following HIV counseling and testing at Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda

BACKGROUND Alcohol use has a detrimental impact on the HIV epidemic, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. HIV counseling and testing (HCT) may provide a contact opportunity to intervene with hazardous alcohol use; however, little is known about how alcohol consumption changes following HCT. METHODS We utilized data from 2056 participants of a randomized controlled trial comparing two methods of ...