title: [Screening and brief intervention for alcoholic patients treated at emergency rooms: prospects and challenges].
abstract: The purpose of this article was to present the general principles, concepts, and main elements of brief intervention, with a literature review on its use for alcoholic patients treated at emergency rooms. It also presents the applicability of screening as a first step to the brief intervention process and the use of validated standard instruments that allow useful information for consistent feedback. Finally, it highlights the challenges associated with screening in emergency rooms due to insufficient time, inadequate professional training, fear of annoying the patient, and common beliefs that alcoholics do not respond to such interventions. Meanwhile, it emphasizes the relevancy of brief emergency intervention, which is both feasible and efficient, and the need for research to define the relevant adjustments by professionals and the health care system.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Atenção à Pessoa com Dependência Química, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, Brasil. ml.segatto@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Maria Luiza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Segatto
authors.forename: Ilana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pinsky
authors.forename: Ronaldo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Laranjeira
authors.forename: Fabiana Faria
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Rezende
authors.forename: Thaís
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: dos Reis Vilela
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening