Harmful alcohol consumption and use of tranquillizers: screening and brief intervention at primary health care settings (original) (raw)

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Harmful alcohol consumption and use of tranquillizers: screening and brief intervention at primary health care settings. Christophe Berkhout, Néfertên Rizzioli Dept. General Medicine, University of Lille - Nord de France - Lille 2, Faculte de Medecine - Pôle Formation, 59045 Lille Cedex-France Phone: +33328608229 Email:christophe.berkhout@univ-lille2.fr Background: Hazardous or harmful alcohol consumption may cause anxiety or sleeping trouble. This study was a part of an education project implementing screening and brief alcohol intervention (SBAI) in general practice with GP trainees. SBAI aims to screen for hazardous and harmful non addictive alcohol consumption to promote a preventive and therapeutic intervention. Aims: To evaluate the feasibility of screening and the rate of excessive alcohol consumption in patients consulting in general practice. To confirm social risk factors. To investigate whether excessive alcohol consumption could be linked to the use of tranquillizers. Me...

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