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July-August 2005

Interventions and Assessments

  • Screening for Unhealthy Alcohol Use With 1 or 2 Questions
  • Talking With Patients Resistant to Changing Their Drinking
  • Monthly Injectable Naltrexone Is Efficacious for Treating Alcohol Dependence
  • Computerized Brief Intervention Decreases Drinking and Consequences

Health Outcomes

  • Risky Drinking Limits: National Recommendations Make Sense
  • Cautions in Interpreting the Cardiovascular Effects of Moderate Drinking
  • Changes in Alcohol Intake and Subsequent Health Outcomes
  • Alcohol Increases the Urge to Smoke

Special Populations

  • Cost Savings from Alcohol Intervention for Trauma Patients
  • Early Drinking Increases Later Risky Behaviors in Urban Youth
  • Drinking May Increase Coronary Calcification in Blacks and Binge Drinkers
  • Inherited Differences in Metabolism Influence Risk of Alcohol Dependence
  • Does Brief Intervention Reduce Drinking in Pregnant Women?

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