Background In the past 15 years mortality rates from liver disease have doubled in the UK.
Brief alcohol advice is cost effective, but clinically meaningful reductions in alcohol …

Herein, we describe the evolving landscape of alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) including
the current global burden of disease and cost to working-aged people in terms of death and …

The efficacy of screening and brief intervention (SBI) for drug use in primary care patients is
largely unknown. Because of this lack of evidence, US professional organizations do not …

Aims To compare representative general population and treated samples on their reasons
for drinking less and whether particular reasons were related to sustained remission from …

Reactivity to assessment has attracted recent attention in the brief alcohol intervention
literature. This systematic review sought to examine the nature of change in alcohol …

Alcohol use among women of childbearing age is a leading, preventable cause of birth
defects and developmental disabilities in the United States. Although most women reduce …

Binge (heavy episodic) drinking is common, but there is little knowledge on how this drinking
pattern could be detected. This study compares three structured questionnaires among …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to characterize recent alcohol brief intervention
(ABI) efficacy and effectiveness trials, summarize outcomes, and show how variability in …

Objectives This study assessed racial-ethnic disparities in access to high-quality treatment
for at-risk drinking and alcohol abuse in the United States and simulated strategies to narrow …

Aims: To evaluate the effectiveness of a web-based brief alcohol intervention 'What Do You
Drink'(WDYD) among heavy drinking students at 1-and 6-month post-intervention …