Abstract
Public health concerns regarding adolescent alcohol and other drug involvement emphasize the need for continuing research to develop and evaluate preventive interventions for use in a variety of settings. This focus includes research on brief interventions. This short commentary piece provides an overview of the brief intervention literature and highlights future directions.
Highlights
The Rise in Popularity of Brief InterventionsThe development and empirical investigation of brief interventions (BIs) to address adolescent alcohol and other drug involvement is an emerging area of interest to clinicians, researchers and policy makers
Public health concerns regarding adolescent alcohol and other drug involvement emphasize the need for continuing research to develop and evaluate preventive interventions for use in a variety of settings
brief interventions (BIs) are fitting for adolescents: the content can readily be organized around a developmental perspective; many substance-using teenagers do not need intensive, longterm treatment; and the client-centered, non-confrontational interviewing approach common to BIs be likely appealing to youth
Summary
The development and empirical investigation of brief interventions (BIs) to address adolescent alcohol and other drug involvement is an emerging area of interest to clinicians, researchers and policy makers. A recent meta-analysis [7] of 45 brief alcohol interventions (reported in 24 studies) found that relative to no treatment or treatment as usual, brief alcohol interventions were associated with significant reductions in alcohol use and alcohol-related problems. These favourable results were relatively consistent across the different therapeutic approaches, delivery sites, delivery formats, and intervention length. A few minutes of counselling is not going to change that." (Interview with R Saitz, Boston University Medical Center, August 5, 2014)
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