Background: The United States Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening adults, including pregnant women, for ...

Richard Saitz, M.D., of the Boston University School of Public Health, and colleagues tested the effectiveness of two brief counseling interventions for unhealthy drug use (any illicit drug use or ...

Primary care is the 'first port of call' for weight control advice, creating a need for simple, effective interventions that can be delivered without specialist skills. Ten Top Tips (10TT) is a ...

Studies show that a chat with a doctor during a routine checkup can sometimes be enough to curb problem drinking. But the model doesn't work as... Beating a drug habit is usually a long process that ...

2 Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK 3 UKCRC Centre for Diet and Activity Research (CEDAR), ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Brief social contact-based videos effectively reduced adolescent transphobia and depression-related stigma, ...

A randomized trial found that a brief behavioral intervention drastically lowered intrusive memory frequency and reduced PTSD-related symptoms in healthcare workers exposed to trauma during the ...

Beating a drug habit is usually a long process that includes talk therapy and, sometimes, medicine. Checking into a rehab facility can help many people, too. But it can be hard to persuade someone to ...