Behavioural Psychotherapy

Table of Contents - 1988 - Volume 16, Issue 04  

Research Article

Motivational Interviewing with Problem Drinkers: II. The Drinker's Check-up as a Preventive Intervention

William R. Millera1, R. Gayle Sovereigna1 and Barbara Kregea1

a1 University of New Mexico

Abstract

Miller's (1983) system of ‘motivational interviewing’ is elaborated by providing a theoretical context for understanding its impact, with a summary of research on motivational interventions. An extension of this approach, the Drinker's Check-up (DCU), is described as a potential intervention for health screening, treatment selection and matching, cleint self-assessment, and research. Initial data from a sample of 42 problem drinkers receiving the DCU suggest that this intervention may increase help-seeking and modestly suppress alcohol consumption. This approach is interpreted within the broader context of research on minimal interventions for problem drinkers.

(Received July 1987)

Footnotes

Reprint requests to Dr. William R. Miller, Department of Psychology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, U.S.A.

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