Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 214-220 , 1 April 2008

Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions for general practice patients with problematic drinking behavior and comorbid anxiety or depressive disorders

  • Janina M. Grothues

      Affiliations

    • University of Lübeck, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group S:TEP (Substance Abuse: Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention), Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +49 451 500 2965; fax: +49 451 500 3480.
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  • Gallus Bischof

      Affiliations

    • University of Lübeck, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group S:TEP (Substance Abuse: Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention), Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
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  • Susa Reinhardt

      Affiliations

    • University of Lübeck, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group S:TEP (Substance Abuse: Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention), Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany
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  • Christian Meyer

      Affiliations

    • Ernst-Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Ulrich John

      Affiliations

    • Ernst-Moritz Arndt University of Greifswald, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Walther-Rathenau-Str. 48, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
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  • Hans-Jürgen Rumpf

      Affiliations

    • University of Lübeck, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Research Group S:TEP (Substance Abuse: Treatment, Epidemiology and Prevention), Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany

Received 28 June 2007 ,Revised 23 November 2007 ,Accepted 26 November 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2007.11.015

Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 94, Issue 1 , Pages 214-220 , 1 April 2008

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