Early Intervention for Minors in Possession of Alcohol/Drugs: A Feasibility Study
试验速览
- 阶段
- 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 239
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Adolescent Substance Use and Related Problems
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to evaluate two brief, sustainable interventions for a sample of 280 adolescents charged with an initial drug-related offense: Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) intervention for youth and the Parenting Wisely (PW) intervention for parents. Families are assessed for adolescent substance use, HIV-risk, recidivist substance-related offenses, treatment entry, and other areas of individual and family functioning.
It is expected that the combined MET+PW interventions will be more effective than a treatment-as-usual intervention (drug education group) for adolescents with parents not participating in PW.
详细描述
Illicit substance use and related problems among adolescents has been consistently high over the past decade and remains one of the most pressing public health concerns in the United States. The objective of this study is to conduct a pilot investigation of the feasibility and effectiveness of two brief empirically based treatments for adolescent substance abuse when implemented as early interventions for youth arrested and charged with first- or second-offense possession of alcohol or drugs. The two examined interventions are Motivational Enhancement therapy (MET) and Parenting Wisely (PW).
Over a one-year period, 280 adolescents and their parents will be referred to the study by the Juvenile Justice Centers in two Oregon counties within the Portland metro area. Families will be randomized to one of four intervention conditions; youth will receive either MET or a drug education intervention (EDUC), and the PW intervention for parents is present or absent. Participants will be assessed for adolescent substance use, HIV-risk, recidivist substance-related offenses, treatment entry, and other areas of individual and family functioning at intake and at 3- and 6-month follow-ups.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 17 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •13 - 17 years of age
- •Referral for a 1st or 2nd Minor in Possession (Alcohol) or Less Than an Ounce (Marijuana) offense
- •Adolescents living at home with at least one parent willing to participate in the study
- •Adolescents with sufficient English-language ability to permit participation in the interventions
- •Parent(s) with sufficient English- or Spanish-language ability to complete the English- or Spanish-language versions of PW and the assessment
排除标准
- •Evidence of psychotic or organic state of sufficient severity to interfere with understanding study procedures
- •Danger to self and/or services other than outpatient treatment are required
结局指标
主要结局
Adolescent Substance Use and Related Problems
时间窗: Change from Baseline at 6 months
The questionnaire used is called the Time Line Follow Back.
次要结局
- Dysfunctional Discipline Practices(Change from Baseline at 6 months)