Brief Motivational Interviewing for Alcohol Use (Incarcerated Women)
Problems addressed
Alcohol abuse
Effectiveness

No Effect

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No Effect

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Life periods served
Adults (18 to 59 years)
Where the program was applied
Prisons or socio-educational residential centers
Country of application
United States
Description

This is an alcohol treatment intervention for women deprived of their liberty who are being released from prison. The aim is to reduce alcohol consumption and recidivism.
The program consists of two individual motivational interviews: one before release, in which goals and strategies for maintaining abstinence are developed, and another one month after returning to the community, in which progress and the need to set new goals are assessed.

Impact evaluations

An impact assessment found no statistically significant differences between the treatment and comparison groups in the number of days of abstinence from alcohol consumption after the six-month follow-up period [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Stein, M. D., Caviness, C. M., Anderson, B. J., Hebert, M. & Clarke, J. G. (2010). A brief alcohol intervention for hazardously drinking incarcerated women. Addiction (Abingdon, England), 105(3), 466–475. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02813.x

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