title: [Brief intervention about alcohol use].
abstract: The brief intervention lasts from 5 to 20 minutes and uses motivational interview techniques. This brief intervention is addressed not at alcohol-dependent patients (approximately 1.5 million people in France) but at those whose consumption is harmful or at risk (estimated at approximately 4 million people in France), especially men. The efficacy of the brief intervention is demonstrated by numerous randomized studies and meta-analyses. A mean reduction of one glass of an alcoholic beverage a day results, with consumption returning to a moderate rather than at-risk level for approximately 30%. This efficacy has been demonstrated for a duration of at least 4 years. Given that evidence also supports the behavioral changes, these findings should be taken into account by healthcare providers.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hépato-gastro-entérologie, Hôpital Haut Lévêque Pessac, F-33600 Bordeaux, France. patrice.couzigou@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: Patrice
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couzigou
authors.forename: Julien
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vergniol
authors.forename: Mathurin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowo
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Terrebonne
authors.forename: Juliette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Foucher
authors.forename: Laurent
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Castera
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laharie
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: De Ledinghen
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D009042:Motivation; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D011604:Psychoses, Alcoholic / Q000453:epidemiology; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires