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Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Brief Screening and Intervention for Alcohol and Drug Use in a College Student Health Clinic: Feasibility, Implementation, and Outcomes


Evaluation of the Brief Alcohol Screen and Intervention in College Students (BASICS) in a university primary care setting.

Drinking and drug use decreased between baseline and 6 months. Participants reported an increase in protective factors and in readiness to change alcohol-related behaviors, and a decrease in alcohol-related consequences and in distress symptoms. Heavy episodic drinking at baseline significantly moderated the changes in number of drinks in a typical week and in a typical weekend, and number of drinks on the occasion drank most on a weekend.

BASICS can be implemented in a primary health care setting and university students may reduce their alcohol and/or drug use.

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