Brief advice reduced drinking in nondependent problem drinkers
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and Commentary also published in ACP Journal Club. 1997; 127:63. vice can reduce alcohol consumption; however, questions remain. How effective and efficient are brief interventions for improving health outcomes? How should patients be selected? How brief an intervention is effective? What minimum level of physician education and support is necessaiy? These issues must be addressed before this promising practice can be widely implemented. Richard Sam, MD, MPHBoston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts, USA References1. Institute of Medicine. Broadening the Baseof Treatment for Alcohol Problems. Wash-ington, DC: National Academy Press; 1990.2. Bien TH, Miller WR, Tonigan JS. Briefinterventionsforalcohol problems: a review.Addiction. 1993 ;88:315-35. Evidence-Based Medicine November/December 1997Therapeutics 183group.bmj.comon September 26, 2017 Published byhttp://ebm.bmj.com/Downloaded from
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