A Pilot Study of a Brief Motivational Intervention for Incarcerated Drinkers.

ABSTRACT: Almost half of convicted jail inmates have an alcohol use disorder and many are released to environments that put them in contact with network members and cues that make them more likely to relapse on alcohol or drugs. Given the high-risk period immediately following release, the purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy of a brief motivational intervention administered just prior to release to increase substance use treatment entry and attendance, decrease alcohol and drug use, and change social networks for inmates with alcohol use disorders. Forty adult male inmates with AUDs were consented into the study and randomized to a motivational intervention or the control condition (an educational intervention), and then were contacted to do a 1-month follow-up interview (62.5% complet

SUBMITTER: Owens MD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4955738 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature