title: Motivational interviewing for incarcerated adolescents: effects of depressive symptoms on reducing alcohol and marijuana use after release.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Motivational interviewing to reduce alcohol and marijuana use among incarcerated adolescents was evaluated.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adolescents (N = 162, 84% male; M = 17.10 years old) were randomly assigned to receive motivational interviewing or relaxation training, with follow-up assessment 3 months after release.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Compared with those who received relaxation training, adolescents who received motivational interviewing had lower rates of alcohol and marijuana use at follow-up, with some evidence for moderating effects of depression. At low levels of depression, adolescents who received motivational interviewing had lower rates of use. Adolescents who received relaxation training and who had high levels of depressive symptoms early in incarceration showed less use at follow-up than those low in depressive symptoms who received relaxation training.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This brief motivational interviewing intervention during incarceration reduces alcohol and marijuana use after release. In addition, depressive symptoms early in incarceration should be considered in treating these adolescents, but more work is needed to extend follow-up period and account for the impact of depression on outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Social Sciences Research Center, University of Rhode Island, 2 Chafee Rd., Kingston, Rhode Island 02881, USA. LARStein@uri.edu
authors.forename: L A R
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lebeau
authors.forename: Suzanne M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Colby
authors.forename: Nancy P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Golembeske
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Monti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D002189:Marijuana Abuse / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009042:Motivation; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D012064:Relaxation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D016896:Treatment Outcome