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Commentary on Gelberg et al . 2015: Alcohol and other drug screening and brief intervention – evidence in crisis
Author(s) -
Saitz Richard
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/add.13054
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , brief intervention , drug , drug trial , medicine , psychiatry , psychology , clinical trial
Most evidence suggests that drug screening and brief intervention (SBI) is not efficacious. Conflicting study results may be due to different interventions, and methodological differences may explain most positive SBI trial results. A renewed focus should be on objective outcomes and intervention details.