Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a communication style demonstrated to decrease drug and alcohol use. A five session MI intervention (BSF) was implemented in the Swedish correctional system. The intervention was delivered by counsellors with workshop only MI training (BSF) or by counsellors with workshop MI training followed by peer group supervision based on audio taped feedback (BSF+). Aim was to examine whether BSF in prisons reduces drug and alcohol use more effectively than interviews conducted according to the usual planning interview routine (UPI).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
296
MI is a communication style defined as a collaborative, person-centred form of guiding to elicit and strengthen motivation to change. The method is based on four principles: showing empathy; developing discrepancy between the subject's current behaviour and an alternate, more desired, behaviour; reinforcing self-efficacy; and "rolling" with resistance to change. Client arguments for change are elicited and reinforced in an atmosphere that is empathic, collaborative and supportive of autonomy. The choice to change and the responsibility for change remain with the client.
Karolinska Institutet, Dep Clin Neuroscience
Stockholm, Sweden
number of days with substance use
alcohol- or drug use as measured by the Addiction Severity Index (ASI) at intake and at 10 months after release
Time frame: of the last 30 days
reported days of illegal activity
as measured by Addiction Severity Index at intake and 10 months after release
Time frame: during the preceding 30 days
number of days working
as measured by the Addiction Severity Index at intake and 10 months after release
Time frame: during the last 30 days
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