Resource Center: brief interventions

SBIRT is a comprehensive, integrated, public health approach to the delivery of early intervention and treatment services for persons with substance use disorders, as well as those who are at risk of developing these disorders. Primary care centers, hospital emergency rooms, trauma centers, and other community settings provide opportunities for early intervention with at-risk substance users before more severe consequences occur (From Their Website)

This article is an intervention review. It reviews behavioral and pharmacological interventions for helping users quit smokeless tobacco.

This Web page contains links to such articles as What Is MI?, How It Began, and other information on the philosophy, principles, working with resistance, interaction techniques, and strategies. The site also contains an article by William R. Miller on motivational interviewing in addiction as well as his theory of motivational interviewing. The site has other links, a library, training information, and special populations information.

Recognizing alcohol problems in primary care

Details how to increase a patient's motivation to quit using tobacco products.

Sample of a patient information and consent to treatment with buprenorphine.

Results of a study done to examine the efficacy of a motivational interviewing intervention for adolescent smokers (From their Website).

A site for physicians, researchers, pharmacists, nurses, and counselors to learn more about buprenorphine as a medication for opioid addiction treatment.

* According to three study findings, nearly 70% of American smokers (36 million) make at least one outpatient visit each year, but health care providers gave smoking cessation advice to only 40% to 52% of the smokers. * One recent study reported that only 15% of smokers who saw a physician in the past year were offered assistance with quitting, and only 3% were given a follow-up appointment to address the problem. * In 1992, about half of all adult U.S. smokers visited a dentist, but only 25% were advised to quit by their dentist. * Effective strategies for treating tobacco use include brief advice by medical providers, counseling, and pharmacotherapy. * Less intensive interventions, as simple as physicians advising their patients to quit smoking, can produce cessation rates of 5% to 10% per year. More intensive interventions, combining behavioral counseling and pharmacologic treatment, can produce 20% to 25% quit rates in one year. (From their website)

A gateway to information and resources from the CDC for public health professionals about the potential for using family history as a tool for improving health and preventing or delaying the onset of common, chronic diseases.