TY - JOUR
T1 - Use of brief interventions for drug abusing teenagers within a middle and high school setting
AU - Winters, Ken C.
AU - Leitten, Willa
AU - Wagner, Eric
AU - O'Leary Tevyaw, Tracy
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - Background: Promising and encouraging results have been recently reported on the use of briefer interventions for adolescent drug abusers. Because middle- and high-school-based drug abuse intervention programs have grown in popularity over the past several decades, the use of brief interventions (BIs) in school settings merits consideration. Methods: We review several clinical and school contextual issues pertaining to the scientific efficacy, feasibility, and application of BIs for students who are abusing drugs. Results: Several advantages for employing BIs in a school setting are identified, including the relatively high base rate of students with mild-to-moderate drug involvement and the likelihood that school counselors can readily learn BI techniques. Caveats of implementing BIs include practical, systemic, and clinical barriers. Conclusions: Despite concerns, schools are a viable setting in which to screen youth for drug abuse problems and to conduct a BI.
AB - Background: Promising and encouraging results have been recently reported on the use of briefer interventions for adolescent drug abusers. Because middle- and high-school-based drug abuse intervention programs have grown in popularity over the past several decades, the use of brief interventions (BIs) in school settings merits consideration. Methods: We review several clinical and school contextual issues pertaining to the scientific efficacy, feasibility, and application of BIs for students who are abusing drugs. Results: Several advantages for employing BIs in a school setting are identified, including the relatively high base rate of students with mild-to-moderate drug involvement and the likelihood that school counselors can readily learn BI techniques. Caveats of implementing BIs include practical, systemic, and clinical barriers. Conclusions: Despite concerns, schools are a viable setting in which to screen youth for drug abuse problems and to conduct a BI.
KW - Brief intervention
KW - Drug abusing adolescents
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00191.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00191.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 17425522
AN - SCOPUS:33947588761
SN - 0022-4391
VL - 77
SP - 196
EP - 206
JO - Journal of School Health
JF - Journal of School Health
IS - 4
ER -