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Lessons from a controlled evaluation of a general practice minimal intervention for problem drinking
Author(s) -
Heather Nick
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238880000591
Subject(s) - psychological intervention , intervention (counseling) , test (biology) , control (management) , general practice , psychology , medical education , nursing , applied psychology , medicine , computer science , family medicine , paleontology , artificial intelligence , biology
A controlled evaluation of the Scottish Health Education Group's DRAMS Scheme in general practice failed to provide good evidence of the effectiveness of DRAMS compared with advice‐only and non‐intervention control groups, but also failed to provide an adequate test of DRAMS. Reasons for this are discussed and three kinds of lessons are drawn from the experience: lessons for future research into GP minimal interventions; lessons for the design of the interventions themselves; and, finally, lessons for strategies to be employed in the effort to engage the full interest and co‐operation of general practitioners in working with problem drinkers.