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Monday, January 4, 2010

Brief motivational feedback for college students and adolescents: a harm reduction approach


Alcohol consumption and its attendant problems are prevalent among adolescents and young adult college students. Harm reduction has been found efficacious with heavy drinking adolescents and college students.

These harm reduction approaches do not demand abstinence and are designed to meet the individual where he or she is in the change process.

The authors present a case illustration of a harm reduction intervention, the Brief Alcohol Screening and Intervention for College Students (BASICS), with a heavy-drinking female college student experiencing significant problems as a result of her drinking.

BASICS is conducted in a motivational interviewing style and includes cognitive-behavioral skills training and personalized feedback.

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