Motivational Interventions to Reduce Alcohol Use in a Military Population; Annual rept

摘要

The overriding objective of this research is to reduce hazardous drinking in a military sample by implementing two motivational interventions and comparing them to a treatment-as-usual condition. Individuals who are referred to the Air Force Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment (ADAPT) program as the result of an alcohol incident or who are self-referred are randomly assigned to one of three interventions: (1) a group motivational intervention (2) an individual motivational intervention or (3) a treatment-as- usual group. All participants provide data regarding drinking and related problems at baseline and at 3 6 and 12 months following the interventions. Analyses focus on (1) determining the effectiveness of the interventions in reducing alcohol use and alcohol-related problems (2) testing factors that may mediate or moderate responses to the interventions and (3) determining the cost and cost-effectiveness of treatment. The research includes a large sample and an extended follow-up on intervention effects components that most previous intervention studies have lacked. From a practical perspective the ability to classify which individuals will benefit from a motivational intervention has important military readiness and alcohol policy implications.