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Psychosocial Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use During Pregnancy

Alyssa Bruehlman, MD,
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency Program, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Salisbury-Afshar, MD, MPH,
University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health

American Family Physician. 2025;111(1):23-24.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

This clinical content conforms to AAFP criteria for CME.

Author disclosure: No relevant financial relationships.

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These are summaries of reviews from the Cochrane Library.

This series is coordinated by Corey D. Fogleman, MD, assistant medical editor.

A collection of Cochrane for Clinicians published in AFP is available at https://www.aafp.org/afp/cochrane.

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