INEBRIA was formed in 2004 following the end of Phase IV of the WHO Collaborative Project on Identification and Management of Alcohol-related Problems in Primary Health Care and was established to provide an international network for researchers and practitioners interested in the potential of brief interventions in medical and other settings to reduce alcohol-related harm. At the Annual General Meeting of the network in Boston, USA in September 2011, it was resolved to expand the network to include brief interventions for other psychoactive substances besides alcohol, although the main emphasis would continue to be on reducing alcohol problems. 

 

The revised overall aim is to provide global leadership in the development, evaluation and implementation of evidence-based practice in the area of early identification and brief intervention for hazardous and harmful substance use.

 

More about INEBRIA

The 9th INEBRIA Conference will take place in Barcelona (Spain) from 27 to 28th of September 2012 (26th pre-conference). SAVE the DATES.

The Inebria Bulletin nš6 is already available. It includes information on the next Conference in Boston, which will take place on the 22-23rd of September 2011, conclusions from a debate about appropriate EIBI terminology, a digest from 2010 conference on evidence and experience of delivering brief interventions in the pharmacy setting and some relevant announcements in the members sections. Please contact us at inebria@gencat.cat if you would like to contribute or volunteer to edit future editions. The bulletins are also available at the Inebria website.

Update of members' contact details (communication only for members)
The Secretariat has been facing some difficulties regarding the management of the members' database. Due to the frequent changes of some of the details (institution, e-mail addresses), communication has been a bit complicated. For this reason, we would like members to help us to update the data by giving us the new details, if they have changed, in this on-line form. Please also use this form if you would like us to remove your details from the INEBRIA website; please provide your name and last name and then tick the relevant box. Please do this before the end of June. If you do not provide any information during this period, we will assume that your details have not changed and that you give us permission to publish them (first and last name, institution, country and e-mail address) as they appear on the website.

Drink driver offenders can attend a medical examination with counselling performed by a family doctor according to a Slovenian Law on Road Safety approved last year. Marko Kolsek is the doctor responsible for training all the GPs in Slovenia on how to perform that counselling under the principles of EIBI. If you have further questions, you can contact Marko Kolsek.