Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment With Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Room Setting
| Status: | Recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Hospital, Psychiatric |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 19 - Any |
| Updated: | 1/1/2014 |
| Start Date: | September 2011 |
Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment With Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Room Setting (Screening and Brief Treatment for Substance Use Disorders in the Emergency Room Department)
This study will be a quality improvement project to review the effectiveness and barriers to
effectiveness of a new clinical program in the emergency room to provide substance use
screening followed by brief motivational interviewing and referral to treatment for patients
who meet criteria for problem substance use. This study will consist of a chart review of
the results of the screens performed by substance use counselors and correlating them to
institutional variables such as wait time in the emergency room and length of stay as well
as to patient variables obtained by chart review such as medical diagnosis and
sociodemographic variables.
effectiveness of a new clinical program in the emergency room to provide substance use
screening followed by brief motivational interviewing and referral to treatment for patients
who meet criteria for problem substance use. This study will consist of a chart review of
the results of the screens performed by substance use counselors and correlating them to
institutional variables such as wait time in the emergency room and length of stay as well
as to patient variables obtained by chart review such as medical diagnosis and
sociodemographic variables.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 19 and older Presentation to UAB Emergency Department
Exclusion Criteria:
- Younger than 19 Prisoners
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