Brief Interventions for substance use and mental health symptoms in primary care

Brief interventions versus self help for young people with substance use and mental health problems

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12611001104943

Enrollment

100

Registered

2011-10-24

Start date

2009-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

This RCT compares the efficacy of a 2 session enhanced BMI (Quik Fix) compared to assessment/information (AI/F) only control, among young people with cannabis/alcohol use and high levels of psychological distress. It was hypothesized that Quik Fix would result in significantly larger reductions on the primary outcome variables of psychological distress and alcohol/cannabis use. It was also hypothesized that Quik Fix would result in significantly larger improvements on the secondary outcome variables of motivation to change alcohol/drug use, the severity of mental health symptoms and alcohol/cannabis use and functioning.

Interventions

2 (1 hour) sessions of brief motivational interviewing (consisting of assessment feedback, information, motivational interviewing to increase motivation/confidence to make a change) delivered by a clinical psychologist within a one month time period

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

16 Years to 25 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Kessler 10 score of greater to or equal to 17 At least weekly cannabis use and/or consumed alcohol above pre-2009 Australian national drinking guidelines (> 14 standard drinking units (SDUs) containing 10 grams of ethanol per week) in the last month

Exclusion criteria

Psychosis, acute suicide risk

Outcome results