The authors overstate the case for screening and brief intervention based on studies that are
not applicable. Evidence for alcohol screening and brief intervention; screening and brief …

Addiction to prescription opioids is prevalent in primary care settings. Increasing prescription
opioid use is largely responsible for a parallel increase in overdose nationally. Many …

The use of drugs other than alcohol is a leading cause of fatal injury in the United States,
accounting for more than 40 000 deaths per year. 1 Increases in the rate of drug-attributable …

Background: Integrating care for common mental health disorders into primary care through
screening and treatment has proved to be highly effective and is now a widespread practice …

Abstract Background The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends routine
population-based screening for drug use, yet screening for opioid use disorder (OUD) in …

Barnett et al.(Feb. 16 issue) 1 affirm a key hypothesis: seemingly random clinical exposure
to opioids facilitates long-term use, at least among Medicare patients. Without careful …

Importance The United States has invested substantially in screening and brief intervention
for illicit drug use and prescription drug misuse, based in part on evidence of efficacy for …

Purpose: Rates of risky substance use and substance use disorders are high in primary-care
practices, yet the adoption of universal screening and brief intervention (SBI) has been slow …

A citywide collaboration in Baltimore, Maryland, has focused on local public health and
hospital emergency departments (EDs) rather than the usual efforts to engage physicians in …

■ SUMMARY Alcohol use disorders (AUDs) occur in 10% to 20% of patients presenting to
the offices of primary care physicians and admitted to a hospital. The AUD frequency varies …