Substance Abuse Screening and Brief Intervention in Primary Care
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Screening and brief intervention in primary care settings.
Primary care practitioners are in a unique position to identify patients with potential alcohol problems and intervene when appropriate. Screening, the process by which practitioners can identify at-risk drinkers, can be followed by one-time or repeated short counseling sessions, known as brief interventions, which are designed to help the patient reduce drinking and minimize related problems. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: North Carolina Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0029-2559,0029-2559
DOI: 10.18043/ncm.70.1.38