Motivational Interviews for Incarcerated Teens - 1

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Conditions studied: Alcoholic Intoxication, Marijuana Abuse

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of an individual motivational interview for reducing alcohol and marijuana-related harm as well as alcohol and marijuana use in incarcerated teens.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00227916

Run by

Brown University

People needed

200

Starts

2000-11-01

Expected to finish

2004-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-09-25

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Teens will be included if they meet any of the following criteria: 1) in the year prior to incarceration they used marijuana regularly (at least monthly); 2) in the year prior to incarceration they drank regularly (at least monthly) or binged (>=5 for boys; >=4 for girls) over any two week period or less; 3) they used marijuana or drank in the 4 weeks before the offense for which they were incarcerated; or 4) they used marijuana or drank in the 4 weeks before they were incarcerated.

You may not qualify if…

• Those teens sentenced for less than 4 months or greater than 12 months will be excluded from participation. We estimate that during year 1 we will exclude an additional 25% of youths because they will have previously participated in the study, and at year 2 we anticipate excluding an additional 49% of youths based on prior participation in the study.

Where it is running

• Brown University — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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