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Title: Social Work Practice in Health Care: The Need to Use Brief Interventions (Viewpoint)
Author : Health and Social Work
Release Date : January 01, 2005
Genre: Health & Fitness,Books,Health, Mind & Body,
Pages : * pages
Size : 193 KB

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According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (2001), 14 million U.S. adults abuse alcohol and several million more are at risk of developing alcohol problems because of their drinking behaviors. Heavy drinking increases the risk of serious health problems, with the economic cost of problem drinking estimated to be $185 billion per year (NIAAA). Because individuals with alcohol problems are more likely to seek help from health care professionals than from alcohol treatment specialists (Bien, Miller, & Tonigan, 1993), it is imperative that social workers in health care settings be prepared to intervene. Although more than 7 percent of the U.S. population meets criteria for alcohol abuse or alcoholism (Grant et al., 1994), most people have problems that are considered mild to moderate (NIAAA, 2001), making it vital to intervene with individuals before the problems escalate to a level of alcohol abuse or alcoholism. Because traditional alcohol treatment approaches emphasize the need for abstinence, they are often inappropriate for and unsuccessful with people who have less severe alcohol difficulties (Zweben & Fleming, 1999). Therefore, alternative interventions that can be easily incorporated into social work practice in health care settings are needed.