Status:
COMPLETED
Motivational Interviews for Incarcerated Teens - 1
Lead Sponsor:
Brown University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Alcoholic Intoxication
Marijuana Abuse
Eligibility:
All Genders
14-19 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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.
Detailed Description
The objective of this research is to investigate ways to enhance motivation for treatment and effectively reduce substance abuse among juvenile offenders. Motivational intervention (MI) as preparation...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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.
Exclusion
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2000
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
July 1 2004
Estimated Enrollment :
200 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00227916
Start Date
November 1 2000
End Date
July 1 2004
Last Update
September 25 2014
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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02912