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Alcohol - problem drinking - Management
Basis for recommendation
Recommendations on extended brief interventions are based on the public health guidance Alcohol-use disorders: preventing the development of hazardous and harmful drinking, published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) [NICE, 2010c], and from a review from the NHS National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse [Raistrick et al, 2006].
- The current available evidence consistently shows no additional benefit from extended brief intervention above the simple 5-minute advice approach. The optimum intensity of extended intervention, and its applicability for different types of alcohol problems and different circumstances, remains unclear. Nevertheless, additional advice should be offered to harmful drinkers on pragmatic grounds.
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