United States physicians are increasingly encouraged to advise patients about health-
related behaviors, such as smoking, but there is minimal discussion in the US medical …

OBJECTIVE: To describe internists' involvement in primary and secondary prevention of
alcohol-related problems, and to evaluate relationships between preventive practices and …

Objective: To identify patient factors associated with primary care physicians asking about
alcohol consumption, warning of harmful ethanol effects, and advising modification of …

• Physician intervention holds the potential to arrest excess drinking in medical patients, but
little information has been available on trends over time in medical attention to this problem …

OBJECTIVE: To examine Canadian family physicians' attitudes, beliefs, and practices
regarding alcohol use and alcohol-related problems among their patients. DESIGN: A self …

OBJECTIVE: To describe adult primary care physicians' and psychiatrists' approach to
alcohol screening and treatment, and to identify correlates of more optimal practices …

BACKGROUND: Professional organizations recommend screening and brief intervention for
unhealthy alcohol use; however, brief intervention has established efficacy only for people …

Objectives: To assess the effects of a tailored, multifaceted intervention in primary care on
the level of patients' alcohol consumption and to investigate which patient and …

This issue provides a clinical overview of alcohol use, focusing on health benefits, harms,
prevention, screening, diagnosis, treatment, and practice improvement. The content of In the …

Background. Brief interventions by primary care physicians have been shown to be effective
in reducing both smoking and excessive drinking. However, physicians seem to target …