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- Title
Linking substance abuse services with general medical care: integrated, brief interventions with hospitalized patients.
- Authors
Dunn, C W; Ries, R
- Abstract
This paper presents the results of implementing on-site alcohol or drug (AOD) brief intervention services across several medical, surgical, and psychiatric services in a county hospital. These integrated brief interventions (IBI) included patient substance abuse assessment, feedback to patient, and referral/recommendations. Three hundred sixty-three patients were referred by hospital staff to these services and 95% of these patients were subsequently confirmed by chemical dependency specialists as having diagnoses of psychoactive substance abuse or dependence. Seventy-nine percent of chemically dependent patients were without current substance abuse treatment, even though 54% were partially motivated and 20% were fully motivated for getting treatment. Of patients contacted at follow-up, 35% reported involvement in some kind of substance abuse treatment or 12-step meetings. Implications for implementing integrated brief intervention services are discussed in light of recent trends in publicly funded treatment availability and brief intervention outcome studies.
- Publication
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 1997, Vol 23, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
0095-2990
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3109/00952999709001684