Improving alcoholism treatment across the spectrum of services

This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2000 RSA Meet ing in Denver, Colorado. The chair was Michael E. Hilton. The presentations were (1) The effects of brief advice and motivational enhancement on alcoh ol use and related variables in primary care, by Stephen A. Maisto, Joseph Conigliaro, Melissa McNiel, Kevin Kraemer, Mary E. Kelley, and Rosemarie Co nigliaro; (2) Enhanced linkage of alcohol dependent persons to primary medi cal care: A randomized controlled trial of a multidisciplinary health evalu ation in a detoxification unit, by Jeffrey H. Samet, Mary Jo Larson, Jacque line Savetsky, Michael Winter, Lisa M. Sullivan, and Richard Saitz; (3) Cos t-effectiveness of day hospital versus traditional alcohol and drug outpati ent treatment in a health maintenance organization: Randomized and self-sel ected samples, by Constance Weisner, Jennifer Mertens, Sujaya Parthasarathy , Charles Moore, Enid Hunkeler, Teh-Wei Hu, and Joe Selby; and (4) Case mon itoring for alcoholics: One year clinical and health cost effects, by Rober t L. Stout, William Zywiak, Amy Rubin, William Zwick, Mary Jo Larson, and D on Shepard.