title: Identification and brief treatment of alcohol problems with medical patients: an international perspective.
abstract: This article summarizes the proceedings of a symposium at the 2002 RSA meeting in San Francisco, California. The chair was Peter Monti and co-chair was Nancy Barnett. The aim of the symposium was to bring together researchers from the United States, Sweden, and Mexico to present current findings on the development and implementation of screening and intervention research in Emergency Departments (ED). Cheryl Cherpitel presented findings on the performance of the Rapid Alcohol Problems Screen (RAPS4), a 4-item instrument used for screening for alcohol dependence and harmful drinking in the ED. Dr. Cherpitel also presented for her collaborator, Guilherme Borges, their research on the performance of a number of screening measures including the RAPS among Mexicans and Mexican-Americans with alcohol-related disorders in the ED. Preben Bendtsen described the implementation of an alcohol screening and intervention procedure delivered by ordinary ED staff in Sweden. Nancy Barnett presented data on characteristics related to readiness to change alcohol use in a sample of young adults who were treated in an ED for injury or intoxication.
authors.affiliation: Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA. Nancy_Barnett@brown.edu
authors.forename: Nancy P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cherpitel
authors.forename: Preben
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bendtsen
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borges
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Colby
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nordqvist
authors.forename: Kjell
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Johansson
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D015897:Comorbidity; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008800:Mexico; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013548:Sweden; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014481:United States