This report summarizes recommendations on research directions developed from the
conference “Alcohol Problems among Emergency Department Patients: Research on …

Objectives—To examine the feasibility of screening for alcohol problems in a representative
flow sample of patients attending a busy UK emergency department. To compare two …

For two-and-one-half days in March 2001, emergency physicians, trauma surgeons,
policymakers, psychologists, psychiatrists, epidemiologists, and alcohol researchers …

Early intervention and appropriate referral of patients with alcohol problems have the
potential to reduce alcohol‐related morbidity and mortality. Part 1 of this series introduced …

Objectives: To adapt screening and brief intervention for alcohol problems (SBI) to a high‐
volume emergency department (ED) setting and evaluate its acceptability to patients …

Objectives To conduct a survey of current alcohol identification and brief advice activity in
English Emergency Departments, and to compare the results with the previous survey …

Background In hospital emergency services, the prevalence of alcohol-related admissions is
about 20%, of which 80% display elevated γ-glutamyl transpeptidase or carbohydrate …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We describe current alcohol screening and brief intervention practices
in emergency departments (EDs) at Level I and Level II trauma centers and characterize ED …

Study objective: To determine the relationship between alcohol-related emergency
department visits and alcohol-related outpatient visits and the extent of identification and …

STUDY OBJECTIVE: We determine the impact of a screening, brief intervention, and referral
for treatment (SBIRT) program in reducing alcohol consumption among emergency …