Motivational and Cognitive Intervention for College Drinkers (MCID)

University of Cincinnati

Status and phase: Unknown; Phase 1

Conditions: Alcohol Consumption; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI); Behavioral: Motivational and Cognitive Intervention for Drinkers (MCID)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01204229

R21AA1AA017291A1 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the proposed project the investigators will develop and test a novel brief intervention targeting college students who drink heavily to cope with anxiety and depression, a behavior that increases risk for the development of alcohol dependence.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 1. At least 1 heavy drinking episode (4 or more drinks for women; 5 or more drinks for men).

2. Sub-clinical anxiety or depression 3. Occasional to frequent drinking related problems

Exclusion criteria

• 1. Clinical Axis I diagnosis 2. Current suicidal ideation, pregnancy, major medical illness, severe alcohol dependence, current hallucinations

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups

MCID

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational and Cognitive Intervention for Drinkers (MCID)

BMI

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Motivational Intervention (BMI)