A randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for illicit drugs linked to the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in clients recruited from primary health‐care settings in four countries

Humeniuk, Rachel; Ali, Robert; Babor, Thomas F.; Formigoni, Maria Lúcia Oliveira de Souza; Lacerda, Roseli Boerngen de; Ling, Walter; McRee, Bonnie; Newcombe, David; Pal, Hemraj; Poznyak, Vladimir; Simon, Sara L.; Vendetti, Janice

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“…Globally, there is now a network of perhaps 10,000 people worldwide who identify addiction science as part of their career identity (Babor, 2012). Membership in the 10 professional societies listed in Table 2.2, which includes both basic and clinical scientists, is comparable to this number.…”

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“…Addiction science as such can now be perceived as an independent, professional career (Babor, 2012;.…”

Section: Addiction Science As a Career Optionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…More often, however, the patronage comes from public sources. During the past 50 years, a variety of funding mechanisms across the globe have provided support for addiction research and research infrastructure, which in turn has made possible much of the growth in professional careers (Babor, 2012). National research institutes, for example, have been created in many high-and middle-income countries to plan, support, and conduct scientific research on addiction (Babor, 1993b).…”

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Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed

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Cover design by Amber MacKay, developed from 2nd Edition cover by Matthew West of Vasco Graphics. Images used in the cover design were sourced from Pixabay and are licensed under CC0 Public Domain.Reproductions of journal covers and logos used with permission. We dedicate this book to two people who changed addiction science for the better: Lenka Čablová (1986-2016) and Griffith Edwards (1928Edwards ( -2012 Contents Foreword to the Third EditionThe health and social burden attributable to psychoactive substance use is enormous. Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use taken together are by far the most important preventable risk factors to a population's health. According to the latest WHO estimates, the harmful use of alcohol alone results in around 3.3 million deaths every year. With rapid social and cultural changes taking place in many countries, alcohol and drug use are becoming increasingly embedded in social matrices, often with strong commercial forces playing a role in promoting the use of legal intoxicating and dependence-producing substances. A number of jurisdictions have undertaken major changes in the regulation of psychoactive substances controlled under international drug treaties. New Psychoactive Substances (NPS), with their health effects and distribution channels, present new challenges for public health authorities. Debates around alcohol and drugs are at the forefront of social policy processes in many countries, with significant variations in societal responses. Unfortunately, these debates are often not based on solid data or research evidence, and in many cases the relevant data simply does not exist. Significant caveats exist in the evaluation of existing policy responses and policy changes made in different jurisdictions. There is an urgent need to strengthen the evidence base for the development of adequate program and policy responses to substance use and substance use disorders at different levels. It is difficult to overestimate the role of research and scientific data in shaping policy and program responses at all scales, from local communities to the x Foreword to the Third Edition international level. A consistent and common issue is the lack of sufficient resources for research on substance use and substance use disorders, and very often even those resources available are not utilized to their maximum potential. One of the biggest problems is when investment in research does not result in the publication and dissemination of results, preferably in peer-reviewed journals. This is a particularly prevalent issue in less-resourced countries where opportunities for publishing results of research on substance use and substance use disorders are limited, and where no specialized journals on addiction exist.The third edition of Publishing Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed is an important resource for researchers around the world, especially for those who work in low and middle-income countries. It is hoped that this resource will facilitate the dissemination of new data and ...

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“…There are reliable and valid brief screening measures to detect alcohol and drug use. [57,58] The World Health Organization (WHO) has developed screenings to identify a continuum of substance use and brief interventions, [59][60][61] and the Committee of the American College of Surgeons has supported routine alcohol screening and brief interventions in Level I Trauma Centers. [62] This support is due to the strong research documentation: the growing field of screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT) indicates that this method can reduce alcohol use.…”

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Substance Use and Facial Injury

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2011

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“…Two recently completed, randomized clinical trials tested the efficacy of SBI and found no significant differences in the reduction of illicit drug use or prescription drug misuse between study groups [11,12]. However, a large multi-center cross-national trial, supported by the World Health Organization (WHO), showed overall effects in primary care settings for reduced drug use in patients receiving SBI, although no significant effects were found for the US sites when examined separately [13]. Further, although SBI for at-risk drug use has not been studied as extensively as at-risk alcohol use [14], earlier clinical studies provide some evidence that SBI may be effective in decreasing at-risk drug use.…”

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Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT): rationale, program overview and cross‐site evaluation

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Treatment (SAMHSA, CSAT) has awarded 32 Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) grants to states, territories and tribal organizations to enhance services for persons with, or at risk for, substance use disorders. The grants supported an expansion of the continuum of care to include screening, brief intervention, brief treatment and referral to treatment in general medical and community settings. This paper describes the SAMHSA SBIRT program in the context of the scientific research that motivated its development, as well as the two cross-site evaluations that are the subject of subsequent papers in this Supplement. Methods A narrative review of research evidence pertaining to SBIRT and of the cross-site evaluation design that made it possible to determine whether the SAMHSA SBIRT grant program achieved its intended aims. The 11 programs within the two cohorts of grant recipients that were the subject of the cross-site evaluations are described in terms of SBIRT service components, performance sites, providers, management structure/activities and patient/client characteristics. Conclusion The US SAMHSA SBIRT program is an effective way to introduce a variety of new services that extend the continuum of care for substance-involved individuals, ranging from early intervention with non-dependent substance users to referral of more serious cases to specialized substance abuse treatment.

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A randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for illicit drugs linked to the Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) in clients recruited from primary health‐care settings in four countries

Abstract: The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test-linked brief intervention aimed at reducing illicit substance use and related risks is effective, at least in the short term, and the effect generalizes across countries.

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