Risky Alcohol Consumption among Adolescents
Inhalt
This manual provides expert knowledge on the theory and practice of conducting a brief motivational intervention with adolescents after alcohol intoxication, with the aim of promoting low-risk use of alcohol. Enriched with examples and tips on how to proceed in difficult (conversational) situations, users receive practical instructions on how to conduct a theory-based and evaluated motivational patient interview, instructions for a parent interview, and all relevant materials for implementation.
The content
- Theoretical background: risky alcohol consumption among adolescents and the effectiveness of brief motivational interventions
- Development and evaluation of the HaLT Hamburg intervention
- Practice: Implementation and goals of the brief intervention as well as a parent interview, interview documentation and materials for implementation
The target groups
Social pedagogues, psychologists, pedagogues, educationalists, doctors and specialists in (addiction) counselling centres or clinics
The authors
Silke Diestelkamp is a graduate psychologist and senior researcher at the German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence (DZSKJ) at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
Prof. Dr. med. Rainer Thomasius is Medical Director of the German Centre for Addiction Research in Childhood and Adolescence (DZSKJ) at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.