Dosage of booster phone calls following an SBIRT intervention in the emergency department for reducing substance use

Brief Interventions (BIs) for problematic drug use in general medical settings, including in Emergency Departments (EDs), have shown disappointing results compared to those that target problematic alcohol use. Telephone booster calls may augment the impact of a BI delivered in the ED. The current study uses data from the National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network (CTN) Protocol 0047, “Screening, Motivational Assessment, Referral, and Treatment in Emergency Departments (SMART-ED)”, a multisite randomized clinical trial conducted in six EDs in the U.S.
Source: Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment - Category: Addiction Authors: Source Type: research