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01-12-2015 | Oral presentation
Implementing digital interventions in psychiatric outpatient units: a qualitative analysis of staff attitudes
Authors:
Anne H Berman, Ann-Sofie Bakshi, Kristina Sinadinovic, Christopher Sundström
Published in:
Addiction Science & Clinical Practice
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Special Issue 2/2015
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Excerpt
Up to one-third of patients in psychiatry use alcohol or drugs at a level that is problematic. A national survey of outpatient psychiatric clinic directors and staff in Sweden was carried out on guidelines and practices regarding screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) for their patients, showing that national recommendations to offer SBIRT for problematic substance use (PSU) are not systematically followed[
1]. The objective of this research is to investigate whether implementation of digital interventions for PSU in psychiatry could be a way of increasing treatment access for patients and supporting staff in offering treatment. …