Evaluation of a Brief Intervention in an Inner-City Emergency Department

Study objective This study tests the effect of a brief intervention with emergency department (ED) patients to reduce at-risk drinking. Methods We enrolled patients aged 18 years or older who screened positive for at-risk drinking in an urban academic ED and used alternative allocation to assign them to control or intervention status. A 20-minute, semiscripted, negotiated interview was conducted with the intervention group in English and Spanish...