Interview as Intervention: The Case of Young Adult Multidrug Users in the Club Scene

Steven P. Kurtz; Hilary L. Surratt; Mance E. Buttram; Maria A. Levi-Minzi; Minxing Chen

doi:10.1016/j.jsat.2012.08.004

Interview as Intervention: The Case of Young Adult Multidrug Users in the Club Scene

Steven P. Kurtz
, Hilary L. Surratt
, Mance E. Buttram
, Maria A. Levi-Minzi
, Minxing Chen

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Abstract

This paper reports on changes in substance use and substance dependence symptoms-without intervention-among young adult multidrug users in the club scene, ages 18-29, (N = 444) who participated in a natural history study. Computer-assisted personal interviews at baseline and 6-, 12-, and 18-month follow-ups included well-tested measures of substance use and dependence. Changes in substance dependence symptoms and drug use frequencies were calculated using Cohen's d statistic. Mean age was 22; 40% were female; 58% were Hispanic, 17% White, and 21% Black. At 18-month follow-up assessment, participants reported significantly fewer days of cocaine (d = -.85 at 18 months), ecstasy (d = -.93), benzodiazepine (d = -.82), and prescription opioid (d = -.81) use, as well as reduced substance dependence symptoms (d = -.42). These results, together with data from focus groups with completers, suggest that comprehensive health and social risk assessments may have quite strong intervention effects among young adult multidrug users.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	301-308
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2012.08.004
State	Published - Mar 1 2013

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Funding

This research was supported by grant number R01DA019048 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse . The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health or the National Institute on Drug Abuse. We wish to gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Dr. James A. Inciardi, who served as PI of the study until 2009.

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National Institute on Drug Abuse	R01DA019048

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Phychiatric Mental Health
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Clinical Psychology
Psychiatry and Mental health

Keywords

club drugs
intervention
reactive effects
substance use
young adult
Intervention
Reactive effects
Substance use
Young adult
Club drugs

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Medicine and Health Sciences
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology

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