… an effective brief intervention strategy, particularly one that is responsive to the different
needs of patients, the different settings in which they have been identified as excessive drinkers, …

… The basic goal of brief interventions is to reduce levels of alcohol consumption. They usually
… Therefore, brief interventions seem to be most suitable for excessive drinkers with low-to-…

… brief advice can reduce excessive drinking, screening in general practice does not seem to
be an effective precursor to brief interventions targeting excessive … excessive use of alcohol. …

… intervention settings and characteristics of excessive drinkers. While not wishing to dampen
enthusiasm for implementing brief interventions in … evaluations of brief interventions and …

… faced by a national policy on brief interventions for excessive drinking began with the
assertion that the intention was not to dampen enthusiasm for the potential of brief interventions …

… , 14 In contrast, previous assessments have suggested that clinicians rarely undertake
screening and brief intervention to reduce excessive drinking. – 17 For example, an analysis of …

… the risks of excessive drinking, benefits of drinking less, advice … Very brief advice group
received information on the common … brief intervention group received advice to reduce drinking, …

… on brief intervention to create links for nurse developed and delivered brief intervention to
high-risk drinkers. … they attempt to identify excessive drinkers and use the opportunity to modify …

… subgroups of harmful and hazardous drinkers who have not responded to brief interventions
… Randomised controlled trial of general practitioner intervention in patients with excessive …

Background: Because recent research in primary care has challenged the findings of previous
reviews on the efficacy of brief interventions (BIs) on hazardous drinkers, we conducted a …