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A Pilot Randomized Trial of Motivational Interviewing Compared to Psycho-Education for Reducing and Preventing Underage Drinking in American Indian Adolescents

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About the Course

Underage drinking is an important public health issue for American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adolescents, as it is for U. S. teens of all ethnicities. One of the demonstrated risk factors for the development of alcohol use disorders in AI/AN is early age of initiation of drinking. To address this issue a randomized trial to assess the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing (MI) compared to Psycho-Education (PE) to reduce and prevent underage drinking in AI/AN youth was developed and implemented. For teens who were already drinking, participating in the intervention (MI or PE) was effective. The results of this study suggest that intervening against underage drinking using either MI or PE in AI/AN youth can result in reduced drinking, prevention of initiation of drinking, and other positive behavioral outcomes. Brief interventions that enhance motivation to change as well as psycho-education may provide a successful approach to reducing the potential morbidity of underage drinking in this high-risk group.

This course is based on the article,A Pilot Randomized Trial of Motivational Interviewing Compared to Psycho-Education for Reducing and Preventing Underage Drinking in American Indian Adolescents created by David A. Gilder, M.D., et al. in 2017.

Publication Date:

2017

Course Material Author

David A. Gilder, M.D.
David Gilder, MD is an Assistant Professor of Neuroscience in the Department of Neuroscience, The Scripps Research Institute. He has done extensive research in the addiction field and his work is published in multiple journals.

David A. Gilder, M.D. authored the material only, and was not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Course Creator

L.A. Rankin
L.A. Rankin is a social worker with experience in many different settings with a variety of clients. She has worked with dementia and Alzheimers patients, dual diagnosis MH/MR, in a battered women’s shelter, and a rape crisis center. She also has 11 years of experience as a child protective social worker, where she earned certificates in domestic abuse/family violence and substance abuse.

Recommended For:

Clinicians treating American Indian and Alaska Native youth. This course is appropriate for all knowledge levels.

Course Objectives:

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. Identify the risk of underage rinking of American Indian and Alaska Native youth.
  2. Acknowledge the two effective prevention and treatment methods, psycho-education and Motivional Interviewing.
  3. Apply psycho-education adn Motivational INterviewing to American Indian and Alaska Native youth at risk for underge drinking.

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The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Faculty: L.A. Rankin

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