An observational study of system-level changes to improve the recording of very brief advice for smoking cessation in an inpatient mental health setting

• Main Authors: Gilda Spaducci (Author), Sol Richardson (Author), Ann McNeill (Author), Megan Pritchard (Author), Jyoti Sanyal (Author), Andy Healey (Author), Mary Yates (Author), Debbie Robson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Smoking prevalence among people with psychosis remains high. Providing Very Brief Advice (VBA) comprising: i) ASK, identifying a patient's smoking status ii) ADVISE, advising on the best way to stop and iii) ACT (OFFER), offering a referral to specialist smoking cessation su...