title: Brief intervention for drug-abusing adolescents in a school setting.
abstract: This study evaluated the use of 2 brief interventions (BIs) to reduce drug use among 14- to 17-year-olds identified in a school setting as drug abusers. Students (N = 79) were randomly assigned to receive 1 of 3 target conditions: 2 sessions with the adolescent only (BI-A), 2 sessions with the adolescent and 1 with the parent (BI-AP), or an assessment-only control condition (CON). Follow-up assessments of 78 participants done 6 months post-intervention showed that the adolescents in the BI-A and BI-AP conditions generally had superior outcomes on their drug use behaviors compared with the CON group. Also, those receiving the BI-AP had better outcomes on most outcome variables compared with adolescents receiving BI-A. The 6-month abstinence rates did not differ across groups. The potential value of a school-based BI for students with a substance abuse disorder is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. winte001@umn.edu
authors.forename: Ken C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Winters
authors.forename: Willia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Leitten
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology