This manual provides expert knowledge on theory and practice for conducting a motivational brief 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 intervention was developed and evaluated as part of a research project funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and is based on the bridge conversation of the alcohol prevention programme "HaLT - Hart am LimiT".
Introduction.- Theoretical background.- The HaLT Hamburg study.- Practice.- Materials and further reading.
Silke Diestelkamp is a psychologist and research associate at the German Center for Addiction 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 Issues in Childhood and Adolescence (DZSKJ) at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf.
