@article{ref1,
title="Efficacy of screening and brief intervention for hazardous alcohol use in patients with mood disorders: a randomized clinical trial from a psychiatric out-patient clinic in India",
journal="Asian journal of psychiatry",
year="2022",
author="Sinha, Ankit and Kohli, Adarsh and Ghosh, Abhishek and Basu, Debasish",
volume="73",
number="",
pages="e103138-e103138",
abstract="AIM: To determine the efficacy of individual-based, face-to-face screening and brief intervention (SBI) for hazardous alcohol use among treatment-seeking outpatients with mood disorders. <br><br>METHODS: It was a parallel-group, single-blind, randomized controlled trial of 84 participants who met the selection criteria for hazardous alcohol use, defined by alcohol use disorder identification test (AUDIT) score 8-19. Participants were randomly allocated to either SBI or general advice group. Both groups had received a standard care for mood disorders. The outcome was assessed after 3 months. The primary outcome was a change in the mean AUDIT score and the secondary outcomes were a change in frequency of heavy episodic drinking and stages of motivation. <br><br>RESULTS: Majority (60%) had major depressive episodes. There was no significant difference in baseline demography and clinical variables between the groups. Both intention to treat and per-protocol analyses showed a small but significant effect of SBI on mean AUDIT score. Age, baseline AUDIT, and motivation did not moderate the effect. SBI was associated with a significant decrease in the frequency of heavy drinking and improvement in stages of motivation. <br><br>CONCLUSION: SBI among patients with mood disorders had a small but significant effect on alcohol use.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1876-2018",
doi="10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103138",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2022.103138"
}