Most people with mental health needs cannot access treatment; among those who do, many
access services only once. Accordingly, single-session interventions (SSIs) may help bridge …

Providing people with information about the behavior and attitudes of their peers is a
strategy commonly employed by those seeking to reduce behavior deemed harmful either to …

This study reports findings from a meta-analysis summarizing the effectiveness of brief
alcohol interventions for adolescents (age 11–18) and young adults (age 19–30). We …

This is the authoritative, bestselling guide that professionals and students turn to for a
complete introduction to motivational interviewing (MI), the powerful approach to facilitating …

Background Motivational Interviewing is a well-known, scientifically tested method of
counselling clients developed by Miller and Rollnick and viewed as a useful intervention …

Peer pressure is consistently implicated in the excessive drinking of college students.
However, both theory and empirical findings suggest that peer pressure is a combination of …

Objective: Many college students overestimate both the drinking behaviors (descriptive
norms) and the approval of drinking (injunctive norms) of their peers. As a result, consistent …

Meta-analysis was used to synthesize research on the effects of outpatient treatment on
substance use outcomes for adolescents with substance use disorders. An extensive …

▪ Abstract Integrating data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, national coroner studies, census and college …

More than 76 million people worldwide have alcohol problems, and another 15 million have
drug problems. Motivational interviewing (MI) is a psychological treatment that aims to help …