In a new paper just published in the British Journal of General Practice, Rao and two co-authors advise GPs to ask over-65s about their alcohol use much more regularly, give them advice about how to cut down through what are called "brief interventions" and refer those who need help to hospital services.
The present author (JS) works in old age psychiatry, using the CORE measure and depression rating scales when assessing depressed older patients and their response to interventions, and referring to DSM criteria when making diagnostic decisions.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, appeared to be personally affronted by this intervention, and referred to the story a year after the unrest took place in a speech to his followers.
Not all NICU recruitment sites offered ongoing intervention and referred infants to community-based organisations.
Human resources directly affect findings surrounding interventions provided and referred at health facilities because the measure relies on whether providers have the skills to perform these services.
8– 10 Such intervention requires screening individuals initially, and then providing those whose consumption is identified as high risk with structured brief advice or an extended brief intervention, and referring to specialist treatment services those identified to be at risk of dependent drinking.
Rapid screening and assessment tools allow health care providers to quickly assess the extent of patients' alcohol use, identify those with problematic use, provide them with an immediate brief intervention, and refer patients with more severe alcohol use disorders to a substance abuse specialist when available.
A "baseline" assessment was conducted between January and March 2010 prior to any of the interventions and is referred to as time 0.
(b) Participate in elder abuse intervention research (and refer clients to such research).
To explore this further, we conducted a secondary analysis focusing on the process by which the intervention TBAs identified, treated, and referred neonates to receive the AFR intervention.
