Many efforts to prevent alcohol-related harm are aimed at reducing risk drinking. This article
outlines the many conceptual and methodological challenges to defining risk drinking. It …

Most people with alcohol and other drug (AOD) use disorders suffer from co-occurring
disorders (CODs), including mental health and medical problems, which complicate …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Alcohol screening questionnaires have typically been validated
when self-or researcher-administered. Little is known about the performance of alcohol …

Alcohol dependence is often seen in a variety of clinical settings and requires attention to
reduce medical complications, set up appropriate treatments, and minimize utilization of …

BACKGROUND: Substance abusers are characterized by hypersensitivity to reward. This
leads to maladaptive decisions generally, as well as those on laboratory-based decision …

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Excessive alcohol use is associated with a variety of negative
health outcomes, including liver disease, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, and pancreatitis …

The purpose of this study was to assess the predictive validity of guidelines for allocating
outpatients with an alcohol-use disorder to different levels of care in routine alcohol …

Abstract Evaluate if Brief Interventions are effective to reduce alcohol consumption of
patients detected as risky consumers; Evaluate if the Physicians' training on Brief …

Issues. This article traces the history of research on the development, evaluation and
implementation of alcohol brief intervention (BI) in Europe. Approach. Narrative and …

Background: Hungary has among the highest mortality rates from chronic liver disease
(CLD) and cirrhosis in Europe. Usually, conventional behavioural factors are hypothesized …