1. Brief intervention in substance-use among adolescent psychiatric patients: a randomized controlled trial
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Josefina Castro, Laura Gonzalez, Rosa M. Calvo, Javier Goti, Lourdes Serrano, Antoni Gual, Rosa Díaz, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salut Mental (CIBER-SAM Network), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Alcohol Unit, Neurosciences Institute, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, and University of Barcelona, Hospital Clinic Barcelona
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Counseling ,Male ,Marijuana Abuse ,Psychological intervention ,030508 substance abuse ,Comorbidity ,Intention ,Designer Drugs ,law.invention ,0302 clinical medicine ,Randomized controlled trial ,ddc:150 ,Behavior Therapy ,law ,Developmental and Educational Psychology ,Child and adolescent psychiatry ,Medicine ,Psychology ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Child ,media_common ,Psychological Disorders, Mental Health Treatment and Prevention ,Mental Disorders ,Standard treatment ,General Medicine ,Substance-use ,Brief intervention ,Self Efficacy ,3. Good health ,Hospitalization ,Alcoholism ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Treatment Outcome ,Diagnosis, Dual (Psychiatry) ,psychische Störungen, Behandlung und Prävention ,Female ,0305 other medical science ,Attitude to Health ,Clinical psychology ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,Substance-Related Disorders ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Amphetamine-Related Disorders ,Cocaine-Related Disorders ,03 medical and health sciences ,Child psychiatry ,Intervention (counseling) ,Perception ,Humans ,Psychiatry ,Motivation ,business.industry ,Risk perception ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Psychologie ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Psychotherapy, Brief ,business - Abstract
International audience; Objective of the study is to assess the efficacy of a brief motivational enhancement intervention in adolescents referred to psychiatric treatment who reported substance-use. In a sample of adolescents ( = 237) consecutively admitted to a psychiatry department, 143 were identified as users. Subjects were randomly allocated to one of two groups: an experimental group that received a brief intervention aimed at increasing their awareness of the risks of substance-use, or a control group. All subjects received standard treatment according to the primary diagnosis. Structured questionnaires assessing knowledge, problems, perception of risks and intention of use of psychoactive substances were administered upon admission and 1 month later. Fifty-nine subjects entered the experimental group and 44 the control group. No significant differences between the two groups were identified in socio-demographic features or substance-use. Non-parametric analyses showed a significant increase across time in overall knowledge about drugs and perception of risk in the experimental group (
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- 2009
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