Motivational Interviewing and Neuroimaging With Adolescents (MINA)

University of Rhode Island

Status: Completed

Conditions: Alcohol Use, Unspecified

Treatments: Behavioral: Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM); Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03367858

5R01AA023658

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a randomized controlled trial to examine the impact of two brief interventions on adolescent and young adult alcohol use behaviors and related brain response. The interventions being compared are motivational interviewing (MI) and brief adolescent mindfulness (BAM).

Enrollment: 204 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 19 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• within the specified age range
• >= 1 past two month binge drinking episode
• right-handed
• proficient in English
• agree to be contacted for the 3, 6, and 12 month follow ups
• informed consent of a parent/guardian, if under 18 years old
• informed assent/consent of participating youth

Exclusion criteria

• > 3 past-month instances of non-nicotine and/or non-cannabis substance use (e.g., methamphetamine)
• evidence of brain injury/illness or neurological disorder including psychosis
• lifetime loss of consciousness >= 2 min
• unremovable metal on/in body, or other functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) contraindications (e.g., pregnancy)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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204 participants in 2 patient groups

Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Experimental group

Description:

This randomly assigned group receives two 60-minute 1:1 sessions of motivational interviewing.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM)

Active Comparator group

Description:

This randomly assigned group receives two 60-minute 1:1 sessions of Brief Adolescent Mindfulness.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Brief Adolescent Mindfulness (BAM)