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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Severity of Baseline Alcohol Use as a Moderator of Brief Interventions in the Emergency Department
Alcohol and Alcoholism Advance Access published online on August 19, 2009

This study examines whether the severity of baseline alcohol consumption/consequences moderates the effect of an alcohol brief intervention (BI) in the emergency department (ED).

ED patients with higher alcohol consumption benefit from BI. In some cases, the BI's effects may be enhanced for patients who are heavier drinkers, perhaps due to a greater opportunity to develop a discrepancy between current behavior and future goals.

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