title: 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 outcomes at three-month follow-ups.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA. grenard@usc.edu
authors.forename: Jerry L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Grenard
authors.forename: Susan L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Ames
authors.forename: Reinout W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Wiers
authors.forename: Carolien
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thush
authors.forename: Alan W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Stacy
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sussman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D010865:Pilot Projects; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*