title: Commentary on Gelberg et al. 2015: Alcohol and other drug screening and brief intervention--evidence in crisis.
abstract: Most evidence suggests that drug screening and brief intervention (SBI) is not efficacious. Conflicting study results may be due to different interventions, and methodological differences may explain most positive SBI trial results. A renewed focus should be on objective outcomes and intervention details.
authors.affiliation: Boston University School of Public Health, 801 Massachusetts Avenue, 4th floor, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. rsaitz@bu.edu.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2535-1427
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saitz
mesh_terms: D000438:Alcohols; D004353:Drug Evaluation, Preclinical; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening
chemical_list: D000438:Alcohols
keywords: Alcohol; brief intervention; cannabis; drugs; prevention; primary care; screening