@article{ref1,
title="Brief interventions for risk consumption of alcohol at an emergency surgical ward",
journal="Addictive behaviors",
year="2000",
author="Forsberg, L. and Ekman, S. and Halldin, J. and Rönnberg, Sten",
volume="25",
number="3",
pages="471-475",
abstract="Patients admitted to an emergency surgical ward were screened for alcohol problems and randomized between an extensive alcohol counseling and a brief assessment followed by feedback of risky alcohol consumption. Some 165 patients were assessed for risk consumption and followed up 6 to 12 months, and it was found that patients in both interventions significantly reduced the amount they drank per occasion although they drank as often as before. The patients had also moved to a stage more ready to change. No differences in effect were found between the interventions. A brief assessment with feedback about risk consumption can be done on an emergency surgical ward by the surgical staff with a few hours of training and may reduce risky alcohol consumption significantly.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-4603",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}