brief interventions

Reimagining brief interventions for alcohol: Towards a paradigm fit for the twenty first century?

Scientific article

29 June 2021

Abstract Background: There is no longer support for the idea that brief intervention programmes alone can contribute meaningfully to the improvement of population health relating to alcohol. As a result, calls for major innovations and...

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix Cell C1: Mandate - or Let Clinicians and Patients Decide When to Screen and Advise for Risky Drinking?

Book

26 February 2020

This week we focus on one section of the commentary on the matrix cell released last week which explored management’s influence on screening/brief intervention for risky drinking. A major issue facing management is whether to strongly...

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix: Effectiveness of Screening and Brief Interventions

Book

22 January 2020

EFFECTIVENESS OF SCREENING AND BRIEF INTERVENTIONS First instalment of a fortnightly course on the evidence for alcohol treatment and related topics. This instalment selects, explains and explores seminal and key research on the...

Brief Intervention: Process and Techniques

24 January 2018

Webinar

This webinar will start by defining “brief intervention,” discussing where it can be used, and exploring the school of thought from which it was developed. The webinar will also cover the use of Substance and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral Treatment (SBIRT) protocol in performing brief intervention and how to use it in the counseling setting using one to three sessions.

Effectiveness Bank Alcohol Treatment Matrix 2017

Book

8 August 2017

Time for a résumé of the 2017 refresh of the Alcohol Treatment Matrix. Released fortnightly, the 25 cells and ‘bite’ commentaries cumulated to a course reflecting on the most significant research underpinning practice, leading you through...