Do interventions principally targeting excessive alcohol use in young people improve depression symptoms?: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excessive alcohol use is common in young people and is associated with a range of adverse consequences including an increased risk of depression. Alcohol interventions are known to be effective in young people, however it is not known if these interventions can also improve depression.

Objective

To investigate whether psychosocial interventions principally targeting excessive alcohol use in young people reduce depression symptoms compared to controls.

Design

We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled intervention trials, that measured depression symptoms at follow-up. We used a generic inverse variance random effect meta-analysis to pool the standardised mean difference in change in depression symptoms from baseline to follow-up betwee

SUBMITTER: Fredman Stein K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9214998 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature