John B. Saunders

TL;DR: It is concluded that these readily available laboratory tests provide important prognostic information and should be an integral part of the assessment of persons with hazardous alcohol consumption.

TL;DR: A survey of the attitudes of postgraduate medical trainees in Australia on the management of drug and alcohol problems and factors influencing prognosis, found a high level of acceptance of responsibility for management of alcohol and drug problems, with the strongest support observed among psychiatry trainees.

TL;DR: In this paper, a multi-site randomized controlled trial comparing CBT with CBT + cue exposure (CE) or CE after dysphoric mood induction ( emotional CE, ECE) improved outcomes above those from cognitive-behaviour therapy alone (CBT) in people who drank when dysphoric.

TL;DR: This paper presents the recommendations, developed from a 3-year consultation process, for a program of research to underpin the development of diagnostic concepts and criteria in the Substance Use Disorders section of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and potentially the relevant sections of the next revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).

TL;DR: GPs who reported higher levels of alcohol-related CME were more likely to obtain information about alcohol, were more prepared to counsel problem drinkers and managed more patients for alcohol issues than did colleagues reporting lower levels of CME.