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Thursday, August 21, 2008

BRIEF COUNSELLING MAY BE ENOUGH FOR LESS SEVERELY AFFECTED PATIENTS

Usually brief interventions are reserved for people not actually seeking treatment for their substance use (eg, see entry above) but this Australian study confirmed that relatively brief counselling has a potential role as a first-line response for less severely affected treatment-seeking drinkers.

Choose ALCOHOL COUNSELLING: TRY BRIEF THERAPY FIRST from the issue 9 listing or go direct to:

http://findings.org.uk/count/downloads/download.php?file=nug_9_6.pdf
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