Brief Intervention for Substance Use among At-Risk Adolescents: A Pilot Study

Abstract This pilot study demonstrates that it is feasible to administer brief individualized interventions on alternative high school campuses to students who are at risk of substance abuse. Students actively participated in brief motivational interviews and showed some improvement in five of nine...

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Published inJournal of adolescent health Vol. 40; no. 2; pp. 188 - 191
Main Authors Grenard, Jerry L., M.A, Ames, Susan L., Ph.D, Wiers, Reinout W., Ph.D, Thush, Carolien, M.S, Stacy, Alan W., Ph.D, Sussman, Steve, Ph.D
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.02.2007
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Adolescent
Adolescents
Biological and medical sciences
Brief intervention
Effectiveness
Feasibility Studies
Female
Health Promotion - methods
High risk
Humans
Intervention
Interviews as Topic
Los Angeles - epidemiology
Male
Medical sciences
Mental health
Motivation
Motivational interviewing
Pediatrics
Pilot Projects
Prevention. Health policy. Planification
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Substance abuse
Substance use
Substance-Related Disorders - epidemiology
Substance-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Los Angeles
Substance use
Motivational interviewing
Adolescents
Brief intervention
Human
Grammar school
Drug addiction
Alcoholism
Mental health
Substance abuse
Educational schedule
School environment
Prevention
Adolescent
Public health
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Summary:Abstract This pilot study demonstrates that it is feasible to administer brief individualized interventions on alternative high school campuses to students who are at risk of substance abuse. Students actively participated in brief motivational interviews and showed some improvement in five of nine outcomes at three-month follow-ups.
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ISSN:1054-139X
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DOI:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2006.08.008