Screening and Brief Intervention

Screening and brief intervention (SBI) for risky alcohol and drug use is moving from research into the mainstream of preventive medicine and public health.

The primary goal of screening and brief intervention efforts is not to identify alcohol- or drug-dependent individuals for referral to treatment. Rather, these approaches are intended to meet the public health goal of reducing the harms and societal costs associated with risky drinking and drug taking.

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Read the latest report, Screening and Brief Intervention: Making a Public Health Difference (order or download free).

Ask your physician if he/she routinely screens for alcohol and drug use.

Work to repeal laws that allow insurers to deny claims for the care of alcohol-related injuries.

	GROUPS WORKING ON SBI			SBI RESOURCES
	American College of Emergency Physicians American College of Surgeons American Medical Association (AMA) MORE >			Alcohol and other drug problems among hospitalized trauma patients: controlling complications, mortality, and trauma recidivism. Alcohol SBIRT Toolkit Alcohol Use Among Older Adults: Pocket Screening Instruments for Health Care and Social Service Providers MORE >

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