Use of Brief Interventions for Drug Abusing Teenagers within a Middle and High School Setting

Autor/inn/en	Winters, Ken C.; Leitten, Willa; Wagner, Eric; Tevyaw, Tracy O'Leary
Titel	Use of Brief Interventions for Drug Abusing Teenagers within a Middle and High School Setting
Quelle	In: Journal of School Health, 77 (2007) 4, S.196-206 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4391
DOI	10.1111/j.1746-1561.2007.00191.x
Schlagwörter	Intervention; School Counselors; Drug Abuse; Adolescents; Middle School Students; High School Students; Program Effectiveness; Comprehensive School Health Education; School Counseling + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? School counselor; Beratungslehrer; Pädagogischer Berater; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung
Abstract	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. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10