Motivational Interviewing for Alcohol Risk Reduction among Adolescents
Abstract
Alcohol use among adolescents is a prevalent issue in the United States, with 2017 data from Monitoring the Future indicating that 61.5% of 12th graders have used alcohol at some point in their lifetime. One promising approach to treat alcohol abuse is motivational interviewing (MI), a form of therapy aimed at engaging the individual’s readiness to change by asking them a series of questions and assisting them in identifying their own motivations to change. Since clinicians are often tasked with guiding patients towards adopting healthy behaviors, MI is a promising tool that can be used in a clinical setting to engage patients in meaningful discourse to change risky behaviors. Literature shows that MI is an effective strategy in reducing risk behaviors, and is a viable approach in curbing alcohol abuse among adolescents.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18103/imr.v4i3.671
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