Problem-solving treatment of depression is a brief intervention specifically designed for primary care (PST-PC).
"Allesondercontrole" is a brief intervention for problem-solving based on self-examination.
The EAP is a brief intervention that can easily be administered by GPs in addition to the usual care according to the guidelines.
PCT differs from C-CT as it is a brief intervention, only taking 8 weeks, and can be given by another therapist than the one providing A-CT.
Problem-solving skill training is a brief intervention which has shown high efficacy in several diseases both in patients [ 30] and in relatives [ 31].
As a brief model aimed at opportunistic intervention, MI was judged applicable in usual practice by GPs [ 12] even though, being a "brief " intervention it made the consultations longer [ 6]!
Since this was a brief intervention, the contents were limited and women were not asked to take any further action for relapse prevention if their husbands had indeed stopped smoking.
This study's underlying hypothesis is that a brief intervention may be sufficient to change risk among non-dependent, episodic users whose lives may be less complicated by substance abuse-related factors compared with drug-dependent MSM [ 70].
We developed the carer training program to be a brief, low intensity intervention, however a more intensive program may be necessary to achieve the desired effects.
What had appeared at the outset to be a brief and straightforward military intervention led to a full-scale war in South America's southeast.
