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Activity Report 2006/2007

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1. Michael F Fleming MD MPH “Screening & Brief Intervention in Primary Care Settings” Alcohol Research and Health Vol 28 No 2  2004-5.

2. Donovan et al: “Concurrent validity of The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT).  Zones in defining levels of severity among outpatients with alcohol dependence in the COMBINE study" ADDICTION, 101 1696-1704

 “Higher scores on the AUDIT are associated generally with a greater likelihood and sensitivity of finding people with alcohol dependence Babor et al (G AUDIT: The Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test: Guidelines for use in Primary Care) cite evidence from Project MATCH in which AUDIT scores were compared with diagnostic data reflecting low, medium, and high scores of Alcohol Dependence. AUDIT Scores in the range of 8-15 represented a medium level of alcohol problems, whereas scores of 16 and above represented a high level of alcohol problems. The World Health Organisation guidelines for the use of the AUDIT identify four “zones of AUDIT scores (0-7, 8-15, 16-19, and 20-40) reflecting increasing risk levels and suggesting indicated levels of increasingly intensive intervention. The levels of intervention associated with each zone include Alcohol Education for those with scores below the traditional cut off, (zone 1, 0-7), simple advice for those in Zone 2 (8-15), simple advice plus brief counselling and continued monitoring for those in Zone 3 (16-196) and referral to a specialist setting for diagnostic evaluation and treatment for those in Zone 4 (20-40).

3. William R Miller & Stephen Rollnick
“Motivational Interviewing: Preparing People for Change