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John B. Saunders
Researcher at University of Queensland
Publications - 254
Citations - 31811
John B. Saunders is an academic researcher from University of Queensland. The author has contributed to research in topics: Brief intervention & Alcohol dependence. The author has an hindex of 59, co-authored 248 publications receiving 28512 citations. Previous affiliations of John B. Saunders include Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & University of Birmingham.
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Development of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT): WHO Collaborative Project on Early Detection of Persons with Harmful Alcohol Consumption-II
TL;DR: The AUDIT provides a simple method of early detection of hazardous and harmful alcohol use in primary health care settings and is the first instrument of its type to be derived on the basis of a cross-national study.
AUDIT - The alcohol use disorders identification test: guidelines for use in primary care.
TL;DR: This manual introduces the AUDIT, the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test, and describes how to use it to identify persons with hazardous and harmful patterns of alcohol consumption.
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Effectiveness of brief alcohol interventions in primary care populations
Eileen Kaner,Fiona Beyer,Colin Muirhead,Fiona Campbell,Elizabeth D Pienaar,Nicolas Bertholet,Jean B. Daeppen,John B. Saunders,Bernard Burnand +8 more
TL;DR: Brief interventions consistently produced reductions in alcohol consumption, and the effect was clear in men at one year of follow up, but unproven in women.
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The AUDIT questionnaire: choosing a cut-off score
TL;DR: It is concluded that the recommended cut-off score of eight is a reasonable approximation to the optimal for a variety of endpoints and a good predictor of both alcohol-related social and medical problems.
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Preventing problematic internet use during the COVID-19 pandemic: Consensus guidance.
Orsolya Király,Marc N. Potenza,Dan J. Stein,Daniel L. King,David C. Hodgins,John B. Saunders,Mark D. Griffiths,Biljana Gjoneska,Joël Billieux,Matthias Brand,Max Abbott,Samuel R. Chamberlain,Ornella Corazza,Julius Burkauskas,Célia M. D. Sales,Christian Montag,Christine Lochner,Edna Grünblatt,Elisa Wegmann,Giovanni Martinotti,Hae Kook Lee,Hans-Jürgen Rumpf,Jesús Castro-Calvo,Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar,Susumu Higuchi,José M. Menchón,Joseph Zohar,Luca Pellegrini,Susanne Walitza,Naomi A. Fineberg,Zsolt Demetrovics +30 more
TL;DR: Although for the vast majority ICT use is adaptive and should not be pathologized, a subgroup of vulnerable individuals are at risk of developing problematic usage patterns and the present consensus guidance discusses these risks and makes some practical recommendations that may help diminish them.