OBJECTIVES We examined the efficacy of brief intervention as a technique to help pregnant women achieve abstinence from alcohol. A second aim was to assess newborn outcomes as a function of brief intervention. METHODS Two hundred fifty-five pregnant women who were participants in the Public Health Foundation Enterprises Management Solutions Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, In...

1077 © 2 Publ The usual care for suicidal patients who are seen in the emergency department (ED) and other emergency settings is to assess level of risk and refer to the appropriate level of care. Brief psychosocial interventions such as those administered to promote lower alcohol intake or to reduce domestic violence in the ED are not typically employed for suicidal individuals to reduce their...

AIMS The aim of the study was to assess the cumulative evidence on the effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary healthcare in order to highlight key knowledge gaps for further research. METHODS An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the effectiveness of brief alcohol intervention in primary healthcare published between 2002 and 2012. FINDINGS Twenty-four syste...

OBJECTIVE Estimate the effectiveness of brief interventions in reducing trauma recidivism in hospitalized trauma patients who screened positive for alcohol and/or illicit drug use. METHODS Dynamic cohort study based on registry data from 1818 patients included in a screening and brief intervention program for alcohol and illicit drug use for hospitalized trauma patients. Three subcohorts emer...

background: mental health disorders and depression are pervasive and costly problems for workplaces. the aim of this study was to examine the general health and depression in temporary employees and the effect of educational intervention on general health and depression in temporary employees in isfahan steel company. methods: a quasi‑experimental design was used to examine the effect of interv...

Virtanen et al. (2014) must be commended for having performed a randomized controlled trial in dental clinics which showed that compared to usual care, brief counseling significantly reduced tobacco consumption by N50% among snus users but not among smokers. The brief intervention had no effect on tobacco use abstinence after 6 months. Their conclusion “very brief and structured counseling in d...