alcohol: motivational interviewing in ED helps
A recent study found that a brief motivational intervention in the emergency department decreased subsequent heavy alcohol drinking days at one year (see alcohol motiv intervention jama2022 in dropbox, or doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.37563 ) Details : -- 344 adults aged 18 to 35 who presented to the emergency department in a single tertiary care facility in Laussanne, Switzerland for any cause but had alcohol intoxication were randomized to a brief motivational interviewing session versus brief advice counseling, from December 2016 to August 2019 -- alcohol intoxication was determined by either a blood alcohol concentration of at least 0.5 g/L, breathalyzer test suggesting a similar concentration, or clinical indication of intoxication -- there were a total of 2108 such identified individuals, but only 344 consented to participation and 306 provided at least one follow-up (89% ha...