US DEPT OF HHS: Alcohol researchers prove brief intervention successful in older problem drinkers.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 June 1999-US DEPT OF HHS: Alcohol researchers prove brief intervention successful in older problem drinkers (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:230699 A study reported in the "Journal of Family Practice" (Volume 48, Number 5) shows that brief intervention can reduce alcohol consumption in problem drinkers aged 65 years and older.

Project GOAL (Guiding Older Adult Lifestyles) is the first U.S. randomized controlled clinical trial to test the effectiveness of brief counseling by community-based primary care physicians in older problem drinkers. "Following on the 1997 success of the Trial for Early Alcohol Treatment (Project TrEAT), conducted by the same research team in problem drinkers aged 18-64, these results are good news for the...