title: Brief intervention and social work: a primer for practice and policy.
abstract: Most individuals in need of help for alcohol use disorders do not receive care. Screening and brief intervention (SBI) is an evidence-based practice for reducing at-risk drinking and alcohol-related risk behaviors. Health care reform sets the stage for a large expansion of SBI to individuals in the United States. Social workers have the opportunity to play an important role in helping establish SBI nationally, but they must become more involved in its delivery, educating new social workers with respect to SBI practice, and taking part in research to expand the field's knowledge of this service.
authors.affiliation: Health Behavior Research and Training Institute, School of Social Work, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. jcochran@utexas.edu
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cochran
authors.forename: Craig
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Field
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D055317:Evidence-Based Practice; D018166:Health Care Reform; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000295:instrumentation; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011614:Psychotherapy, Brief / Q000379:methods*; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education / Q000639:trends; D016320:Substance Abuse Treatment Centers; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology