Can alcohol consumption in Germany be reduced by alcohol screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment in primary health care? Results of a simulation study

• Jakob Manthey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jakob.manthey@tu-dresden.de

  Affiliations Institute of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany, Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1231-3760

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• Adriana Solovei,

  Roles Data curation, Resources, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Health Promotion, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Peter Anderson,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Population Health Sciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, CAPHRI Care and Public Health Research Institute, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

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• Sinclair Carr,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

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• Jürgen Rehm

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Center for Interdisciplinary Addiction Research (ZIS), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research & Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Department of International Health Projects, Institute for Leadership and Health Management, I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation

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