A brief intervention for alcohol problems and smoking delivered by general practitioners [Elektronische Ressource] : a randomised controlled trial / vorgelegt von Verena Zimmer

Fachgebiet Psychologie A Brief Intervention for Alcohol Problems and Smoking Delivered by General Practitioners: A Randomised Controlled Trial Inaugural-Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Philosophischen Fakultät der Westfälischen Wilhelms-Universität zu Münster (Westf.) vorgelegt von Verena Zimmer aus Laer 2007 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 4. Juni 2007 Dekan: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wichard Woyke Referent: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Ralf Demmel Korreferent: Prof. Dr. Fred Rist Acknowledgements Without PD Dr. Ralf Demmel I would never have begun this piece of work. He encouraged me to start the doctorate in the first place and showed great flexibility with respect to my family life. Furthermore, I benefited from his expert knowledge thoughout the whole process of planning and writing. I felt continually supported and encouraged. I would also like to thank Prof. Fred Rist who was particularly helpful when it came to the statistical analysis of the tremendous amount of data we had to consider. He often managed to gain clarity whenever I had lost focus. Special thanks are addressed to my collegues Ines Aulhorn, Jutta Hagen, J e n n i fe r N i c o l a i , and B a r b a r a S c h e u r e n without whose help I could never have finished this dissertation. I really appreciate all the preliminary work they took on.