title: Approaches to brief intervention for hazardous drinking in young people.
abstract: This article represents the proceedings of a symposium at the 2002 joint conference of the Research Society on Alcoholism and the International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism in San Francisco. The chair was John B. Saunders. The focus of the symposium was on brief intervention approaches for hazardous drinking among young people. The presentations were (1) Evidence for the effectiveness of brief intervention as an approach to reducing hazardous alcohol use, by John B. Saunders; (2) College student hazardous drinking in New Zealand, the USA, UK, and Australia: implications for research, policy, and intervention, by Kypros Kypri; (3) Applications of motivational feedback on the college campus, by Scott T. Walters; (4) A population based individualized alcohol harm reduction feedback intervention: preliminary results from the college-based alcohol risk reduction (CBARR) trial, by Robert G. Laforge; and (5) Brief interventions: conclusions and future directions, by Mary E. Larimer.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Drug and Alcohol Studies, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
authors.forename: John B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Kypros
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kypri
authors.forename: Scott T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Walters
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Laforge
authors.forename: Mary E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Larimer
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D030141:Feedback, Psychological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D012955:Societies, Medical; D013334:Students; D014481:United States