Emergency Department Alcohol Intervention: Effects on Dating Violence and Depression.

ABSTRACT: With this study, we examined secondary outcomes of an emergency department (ED)-based brief intervention (BI) on dating violence perpetration and victimization and depression symptoms over 3, 6, and 12 months. ED patients (14-20 years) were screened for risk drinking. Patients who received positive screen results were randomly assigned to a computer BI (n = 277), therapist BI (n = 278), or control condition (n = 281). After the 3-month assessment, participants were randomly assigned to receive the post-ED BI or control condition. BIs were used to address alcohol consumption and consequences (eg, dating violence and depression symptoms) by using motivational interviewing. A total of 836 patients were enrolled in the randomized controlled trial of 4389 patients screened and 1054 who reported

SUBMITTER: Ngo QM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6317550 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature