title: Providing information about the neurobiology of alcohol use disorders to close the 'referral to treatment gap'.
abstract: Only a small proportion of the 18 million Americans who could benefit from alcohol treatment actually receive it. Disseminating information on the neurobiological base of alcohol disorders may be useful in removing the prevailing barriers to accepting a referral to alcohol treatment. Nurses, guided by a set of clinical strategies known as screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment, can be instrumental in closing this treatment gap.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, 525 N Wolfe street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA. dfinnel1@jhu.edu
authors.forename: Deborah S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Finnell
authors.forename: Shahrzad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowzari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000451:nursing*; D037001:Directive Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009446:Neurobiology / Q000458:organization & administration; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States
keywords: Alcohol disorders; Brief intervention; Health information; Neurobiology; Referral to treatment; Screening